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That's exactly the attitude...
"I WANT to have ABSOLUTE control over ALL of my content/data and I don't give a dang if you like that or not."

...that leads DRM creators to severely tresspass over consumers' rights of fair use. Digital Restrictions Management(or C.R.A.P.) has a few major drawbacks:

1. Limiting or outright denial of fair use. Music is music, movies are movies, yet with DRM you have music that is splintered;you may have the latest U2 album from iTunes Music Store, but that Linkin Park album you want is Rhapsody-only, for example. You can't take that Linkin Park album and play it under RealPlayer, according to both DRM systems. It's reasonable and fair to want to do this, but thanks to DRM we have little walled gardens that give little or no consideration to fair uses.

2. Security risks. I don't need to tell you about the Sony XCP/MediaMax scandal, nor the iTunes MiniStore kerfluffle, we all know what happened there. But it demonstrates a disturbing possible trend emerging: DRM systems employing malware tactics, and deceiving users about it.

3. Loss of control. Notice how DRM vendors can further restrict your rights at any given time, without advance knowledge? That's the "self technological help" that's stated in many DRM EULAs.

Oh, and as your question about who's holding a gun to David's head: As a clue, look at your quote closely. If you're a DRM creator with that kind of attitude(there's a lot out there), you could be the one holding that gun saying: "I don't care how important my content is to you; if you don't accept this DRM, you don't get access, period".
Posted by: Tony Agudo   Posted on: 02/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I'd say...  Tony Agudo | 02/14/06
I second this  tjleeland | 02/15/06
What garbage. Get over yourself!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
That's exactly the attitude...  Tony Agudo | 02/14/06
Small correction  Tony Agudo | 02/14/06
CRAP  dgsisson | 05/31/06
playing your song  bart001fr | 06/01/06
What if  pcfixup4ua | 02/15/06
But the problem is, you don't actually have that right  tjleeland | 02/15/06
Crap  wayne pratt | 02/14/06
One more question, who has a gun to your head?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/14/06
sheeple I tell you...  dberlind | 02/14/06
Not much...  Tony Agudo | 02/14/06
who has a gun to your head?  Protagonistic | 02/15/06
C.R.A.P. could actually be  pcfixup4ua | 02/15/06
I like that, but...  computer_freak_8 | 03/14/09
CRAP  BPCSCA | 02/15/06
Definition of CRAP  teklogic | 02/15/06
Simple is better  tjleeland | 02/15/06
Acronym  chrisf4114us | 02/15/06
DAM CRAP  michael.j.lippold@... | 02/15/06
c.r.a.p  Ole Man | 02/15/06
"Content Restriction and Punishment"  ambient | 02/15/06
Well Said!  Tony Agudo | 02/15/06
expand the movement  webrangerl | 02/15/06
So your view - ZDNet content can be ripped  dr_john | 02/16/06
And the answer is ...  pete1978 | 02/22/06
Control, Restrict All Privileges  joemacd | 02/16/06
I couldn't agree more  ralphie@... | 05/31/06
The whole industry needs to be torn apart.  bart001fr | 06/01/06
Solving 'A' for 'And'  pete1978 | 02/22/06
"Content Restriction and Punishment" is the best  yepeyepe | 06/02/06
CRAP, indeed!  DocGerry | 07/07/07

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