tlp;155438But when people just blather about saying "DRM sucks" or "DRM is evil" are they not being confrontational? Or, at least, simplistic and possibly naive? I'm all for "information wants to be free", but I'm also for protecting the rights of creative individuals to not have their intellectual property rights stripped from them.[/QUOTE Wrote: > > > Who's blathering? No need to be rude mate. I think people, whether is > agree with them or not, have expressed their views pretty well and > fairly. We can't all be Shakespeare. I don't see a post in this thread > that consists solely of the words "DRM is evil". > > As for protecting intellectual property, well yes your right. But that > not really the point is it. The point is that the primary use of DRM > currently is to unfairly manipulate the market and their customers. The > tired old piracy excuse is wearing mighty thin. > > Many agree there is a fundamental need for DRM in fighting piracy, even > if it is based on the ussumption that everyone is a potential criminal. > But if that was the main issue, companies like Slim Devices would be > allowed to produce products that could play back DRM'd material - thus > doing away with most of the need for DRM crackers etc, which by itself > would reduce piracy even further. > > Piracy seems to be a 'Self fulfilling prophecy' for the music > corporations, if you familiar with that term. And is the situation > -really- all that bad anyway? They seem to be doing just fine to me. > > The main emphasis with the current DRM strategy is Greed, not Need.
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