Repeat after me: DRM is bad for the customer
by Volker Weber
... and most likely also for the publisher. Says Scott Granneman:
Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM?
Comments
As an aside, in publishing as in music, there are those that have seen the light. In music, it's emusic, in publishing it's Baen Books and now -- starting this month Tor Books (no website).
All of those publish in open formats for decent prices without any DRM nonsense. Patronize them, make intelligent and decent behaviour pay.
Thomas Hassan, 2006-03-03
Seems quite an amazing book.....I think its worth a buy.
Victor North, 2006-03-03
DRM is quite useful for realizing subscription services like Napster or to deliver free limited promo files, but if I buy something I want to own it.
Lukas Rosenstock, 2006-03-03
