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DRM — It's Not Really About Piracy
shadowmage13 writes "Hollywood privately admits that DRM is not really about piracy. From the article: 'In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights so that they can sell them back to you... Like all lies, there comes a point when the gig is up; the ruse is busted. For the movie studios, it's the moment they have to admit that it's not the piracy that worries them, but business models which don't squeeze every last cent out of customers.' You can take action on Digital Restrictions Management at DefectiveByDesign of the Free Software Foundation, Digital Freedom, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
... "Tobacco industry privately admits smoking actually not very healthy at all."
Oh my god! They're so right! How come nobody on slashdot ever figured any of this out? Good thing I caught this story, I'm so logging off the net right now and writing to my congressman!
Care to translate?
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The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more customers will slip through your fingers.
To secure peace is to prepare for war
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
The journalist would have revealed the name to us but didn't manage to crack the DRM on it.
Hey, I got the almighty dollar in change for a pack of twinkies once. It's a little thicker than regular dollars but otherwise doesn't look too different. I didn't know people were questing for it, I would have held on to it instead of using it to pay at the carwash.
It's true I tell you, feller at work's next door neighbour read it in the paper.
You must be new here...
Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
You say that like large explosions are a bad thing. Who are you, and what have you done with your inner pyro?
But Ben Affleck says the reason his movie Dare Devil or Gigli didn't make a lot of money is because of piracy. Piracy is bad for everyone from the actors (making millions) down to the guy who sells you popcorn at the movies (making hundreds). I for one say forget all those anti-DRM organizations and keep pirating these 2 great movies.
Can I bum a sig?
The guys at piratebay.org want to buy Sealand to make a copyright-free nation. Even if this is a joke, it makes you wonder.
http://buysealand.com/
Okay.
"'Ere in blighty a bloke can get 'em for 6 bob a time"
This is almost like Region coded Slashdot..
"My parents don't listen to Green Day/Pumpkins/Oasis/etc"
Well no wonder... these bands haven't had a new album out in years.
You were mistaken. Which is odd, since memory shouldn't be a problem for you
> Anyone who downloads anything without the artists consent is a thief.
Oh no!!! I downloaded some U2 songs off of iTunes without asking Bono's permission! IMA THEEF!!!
Just kidding... U2 sucks, so I'd never download anything by them.
English, Motherfucker! Do you speak it?!!
Your mind is squeezed by a blast of pain!