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Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights Management
VerdeRana writes "I just heard the EFF's Cory Doctorow give this fantastic argument critiquing DRM. He makes a great case for why DRM is bad for society, business, and artists, why it simply don't work, and why Microsoft (the audience for this talk) should not invest in it. Broadcast this far and wide, and maybe someone will listen."
And the second someone pirates his work, he will be at the front of the line screaming for DRM.
Dawn of the Dead
This distinguishes violators like Cory and his ilk from those of us who copy for convenience. For example, I rip all of my CDs to mp3s to play them anywhere, anywhen. I also make copies of the CDs themselves as backups, and another copy for my wife to take to work. If the CD is destroyed in her lab or stolen, who gives a shit? We still have the original we paid for.
Copy protection schemes treat us the same as the criminals. According to the RIAA I should:
- never have the right to rip the music I paid for into the format I want to use;
- never have the right to back up the music I paid for, but instead have to pay full price for a second copy; and
- never have the right to make copies simply for the sake of convenience, or in possible anticipation that the copy will be destroyed due to work conditions or stolen by some sticky-fingered college fuck whose mama never bitch-slapped any manners into him.
According to the RIAA, my reasoning is irrelevent. Because I copied the CD twice and ripped two different sets of mp3s (main and backup) I'm just as much a copyright violator has Cory and the rest of the scum.
Max
My god carries a hammer. Your god died nailed to a tree. Any questions?
Coming from a US Citizen (born, raised, and indoctrinated)... this makes you an ass. I'd give more credence to your opinions and skills if you weren't an AC. Or a troll.
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