willyhoops;199246 Wrote: > if you all opposed to drm why don't you switch off your tv subscription. > and forget about video on demand - who is going to pay for that when a > Russian guy can subscribe once and put all films on the web. Hope these > tv examples appeal to the American crowd.. for the Europeans, lets start > up a company that sells photocopies of books thats freedom at its > best oh how rational itunes drm was crap is a legitimate complaint, > but to say all copy protection should be removed is retarded... This is good trolling -- I know I shouldn't feed you but I can't stop myself responding. (I do like the use of unexpected cultural stereotypes though.)
_Technical_ copy protection also stops certain fair uses, and sometimes (but not always) stops piracy. As well as partially achieving its stated goal, it removes freedom that one should legally have: a copy can no longer be made as a backup, or to format-shift. What's left if you remove all technical copy protection? Copyright law. It's already illegal to sell photocopies of books to which you don't hold the rights. Nobody but you is suggesting removal of _all_ copy protection, just technical measures that prohibit fair use. There will still be copyright law which prevents your examples above. Being opposed to DRM doesn't mean that one is opposed to copyrights at all. It doesn't mean that one will automatically try to acquire media without paying. Do you believe that all people are dishonest, and that it's just DRM stopping everyone from getting all their music for free? How do you explain tape and CD sales before the age of widespread DRM? -- smst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928
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