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DRM More Important Than Life or Security?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-at-least-our-music-will-be-safe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ed Felten of Freedom to Tinker has an interesting writeup regarding how copyright holders are still having serious objections to the built in exceptions of the DMCA even when it might threaten lives or national security. From the article: 'One would have thought they'd make awfully sure that a DRM measure didn't threaten critical infrastructure or endanger lives, before they deployed that measure. But apparently they want to keep open the option of deploying DRM even when there are severe doubts about whether it threatens critical infrastructure and potentially endangers lives.'"

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  1. We can't just boycott anymore. by jonfields · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There's only one way out of DRM now. Someone needs to write a virus that can endanger lives and have it be protected under DRM. Time to make those people in washington really think if they want to have it on their heads that they allowed something like this to go on for this long. Yes, I know its very inhumane, but better the example be early on than later.

  2. Re:Just like you... by HardCase · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, this thread really brought out the nut cases!

  3. Re:Just like you... by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    How many trees do you own? How much oxygen do you use without paying? So, what your saying is that you just willy nilly go around getting stuff for free. Unless you own enough plant life to support your breathing habit, you simply stop breathing, or you start paying for all of your oxygen, makeing the statement of "And a lot of people just want shit for free." as a way of insulting those who don't believe in copyright is simply hypocritical.

    1. No one created oxygen, your analogy sucks. 2. Hypocritical doesn't mean what you think it does. 3. Most of the "anti-copyright" movement is people who want shit for free. Not all, but most.