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Links: The Definitive Anti-DRM Rant
Posted by James Grimmelmann on Thursday, June 17 @ 21:41:44 EDT Copyright
Cory Doctorow gave a talk at Microsoft today which distills the huge case against DRM down into a single lucid, incendiary, brilliant essay
Here's what I'm here to convince you of:
1. That DRM systems don't work
2. That DRM systems are bad for society
3. That DRM systems are bad for business
4. That DRM systems are bad for artists
5. That DRM is a bad business-move for MSFT
 
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Re: The Definitive Anti-DRM Rant (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19 @ 05:25:51 EDT
With a copy restricted CD at No.1 in the US Billboard charts, this sort of invalidates Points 1, 3 and 5.

Maybe we need new tactics, as these kind of Rants aren't working.


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