Re: [Trisquel-users] DRM may be added to JPEG format in the future

[jason]

If a picture were DRMed, it could only viewed with a proprietary program.  
That proprietary program would probably be running on a proprietary operating  
system. Because you can only impose DRM with proprietary software. This then  
gives the developer of that program the possibility to control various things  
like not allowing screenshots or other methods.

People using free software would be locked out until/unless someone found a  
way to view the image with free software. At that point, you're right: The  
people with the free program are essentially breaking the DRM because they  
have full control of the image at that point. That's when the evil people  
come along and issue a DMCA take down notice to the hosting facility.