toby10;347729 Wrote: 
> I completely agree with protecting the artist and record label....I'll
> gladly support a DRM scheme to protect the artists and labels as long
> as it is not specifically tied to one manufacturer or one source or one
> service.

But, the thing is, DRM does not protect the artist or record label,
strong copyright laws do.  Pirates can and will circumvent every DRM
scheme created, but you can still prosecute them.  That's how the law,
not DRM, protects content owners.  And because human judges are
involved, all sorts of fair use exceptions are protected
too...theoretically at least...

So as long as we're hypothesizing about the perfect DRM, we have to
come to terms with two uncomfortable facts: DRM will always be broken,
and DRM doesn't ever actually protect artists and labels.  Other than
that, though, I don't have a problem with it either ;)


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