Re: Cory Doctorow: What happens with digital rights management in the real world? [via Restricted Media Community Group]

On Thu, 2014-02-06 at 07:54 -0800, John Foliot wrote:
> Andreas Kuckartz wrote:
> > 
> > "DRM is one of the most salient, and least understood, facts about
> > technology in
> > the contemporary world"
> > 
> > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-
> > management
> > 
> 
> Putting aside the fact that the Guardian Article you linked us to is "© 2014 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved." and that Cory was paid to write that political puff piece, he did mention one important fact:

So? If you are trying to make a point here pleae do. Just stating a fact
doesn't qualify for argument.

>  "You see, contrary to what the judge in Reimerdes said in 2000, this has nothing to do with whether information is free or not – it's all about whether people are free."
> 
> Removing a person's (or company's) ability to enforce their legal right around copyright removes a fundamental freedom as well.

As long as this person (or company) doesn't need to take control of
their client devices nobody would object.

Received on Thursday, 6 February 2014 16:37:21 UTC