I am a country music fan (Chet Atkins, Roy Orbison, George Strait, etc), as well as a Jazz music fan, plus a cocktail piano music fan, a classical music fan, etc; and the DRM seems to me to be strikingly anti-citizen and undemocratic.
I believe that when someone has a legal right to, or use of, a piece (tune, image, etc) that person should be able to create "Personal Use" copies as desired.
I feel that the copyright laws, the DRM, plus each and any such scheme should begin with the phrase "Except for personal use copies,".
I also believe that 90% of each retail dollar should go directly to the creator/artist of the piece. The distribution channel, and all others involved, should subsist on the remaining 10%.
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I am a country music fan (Chet Atkins, Roy Orbison, George Strait, etc), as well as a Jazz music fan, plus a cocktail piano music fan, a classical music fan, etc; and the DRM seems to me to be strikingly anti-citizen and undemocratic. I believe that when someone has a legal right to, or use of, a piece (tune, image, etc) that person should be able to create "Personal Use" copies as desired. I feel that the copyright laws, the DRM, plus each and any such scheme should begin with the phrase "Except for personal use copies,". I also believe that 90% of each retail dollar should go directly to the creator/artist of the piece. The distribution channel, and all others involved, should subsist on the remaining 10%.