- From: Nikos Roussos <comzeradd@mozilla-community.org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 18:36:53 +0200
- To: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- Cc: 'Andreas Kuckartz' <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>, public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
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.
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