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Is DRM Intrinsically Distasteful?

Posted by Zonk on from the tastes-like-chicken dept.

jelton writes "If digital media was available for sale at a reasonable price, but subject to a DRM scheme that allowed full legitimate usage (format shifting, time shifting, playback on different devices, etc.) and only blocked illicit usage (illegal copying), would you support the usage of such a DRM scheme? Especially if it meant a wealth of readily available compatible devices? In other words, if you object to DRM schemes, is your objection based on principled or practical concerns?"

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  1. Omniscient DRM? by TheWoozle · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, basically, you're saying that if God were DRM, would we be philosophically opposed to it?

    Seeing as how this is Slashdot, I think I know the answer to that one.

    And in any case, if DRM were God, if it was working right, we wouldn't even know it was working at all. ;-)

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  2. Fantastical DRM by paladinwannabe2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've yet to see a DRM scheme that didn't interfere with legal uses and was remotely effective. If we invented a DRM scheme that only stopped illegal use without any negative side effects, then I would definitely support it. I would also support building a perpetual motion machine for everyone to fufill all our energy needs.

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  3. Re:And defeated by changing the date. by LordSkippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that what DVD John did?

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  4. Re:Copyright is intrinsically distasteful.. by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Regarding the sig, you'll probably find some help understanding your hostility if you google "latent homosexuality" I work in corporate America dude, all my sexuality is required to be latent at all times.
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  5. Re:Both. by greg1104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I were to give you a 5 1/2" floppy right now, could you extract the data?

    Depends on whether the media was still readable after I trimmed 1/4" off to fit it in a 5 1/4" floppy drive.

  6. Re:Both. by topical_surfactant · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is, of course, why HDCP was invented...

    In this case, I prefer the word "spawned" over "invented."

    ;-)
  7. Re:And quite easily avoided. by cpt+kangarooski · · Score: 2, Funny

    Meh. DRM is always flawed in that the attacker is the same person you are showing the plaintext to.

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