Is DRM Intrinsically Distasteful?

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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Re:And defeated by changing the date.

[ewhac]

Which would require the date to be locked on the machines so I cannot defeat it by simply moving the date ahead 100 years.

Um, that's exactly what they're doing.

It's called, in that lovely NewSpeak way, a "secure clock," and it runs independently of the time-of-day clock that you're allowed to set. The "secure clock" is updated only by (more NewSpeak) "trusted" system components, and is used by defective (nee "protected") media to enforce expiration dates.

You really don't want to look deeper into this Sausage Factory -- it's revolting on more levels than you can possibly imagine.

Schwab