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EFF Gets Animated About DRM with The Corruptibles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fair-use-and-fairly-usable dept.

Lurker McLurker writes "An animation from the EFF shows DRM technology as a group of supervillans who aim to invade your home, interfere with your devices and stop you from using your digital media the way you want to, even if it is legitimate. Doesn't say anything about the subject most of us wouldn't know, but a great link to send to your friends as an introduction to the issue."

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  1. Don't forget... by spiritraveller · · Score: 4, Informative

    The bad guys can make cartoons too.

  2. Re:progress stops at the cost of capitalism by dcollins · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wasn't a free market and capitalism supposed to drive innovation and technology?

    I think that's old-school thinking. It's what I heard when I was growing up, but I haven't heard industry spokespeople argue that in many years.

    Nowadays the reasoning seems to be that "free market" indicates an intrinsic right to do whatever you can to make money, period, good or bad. They don't even bother with a how-it-helps-society argument anymore. As a citizen, you're supposed to just suck it down and shut up.

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    We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes