How DRM is Like Guantanamo

by Volker Weber

This could falsify the results of our current poll, but here is an interesting post by John Scalzi:

How is Guantanamo like DRM, you ask? They're alike in two ways: First for what they are not, and then for what they represent.

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Related: Digital Rights Management and You, and Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn't about piracy

[Thanks, Rob]

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It's a bit like region codes on DVDs. It has nothing to do with privacy but all to do Hollywood limiting their world wide releases.

found a great piece on youtube regarding DRM.

andreas mueller, 2007-01-18 15:32

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