Linux Developers, Start Your Copiers! Discussion, linux
It also prevents you from copying content you purchased for archival purposes, which is a fair use right. It prevents other legal forms of copying, such as for purposes of quotation and criticism.
DRM is utterly incapable of distinguishing legal exceptions (like fair use) to copyright laws from illegal infringements. It can't be otherwise.
Put it this way: I have a fair use right to take legally purchased music files and convert them to the format of my choice1 for my own use. Now, there are two possibilities:
(1) DRM doesn't interfere with that right. But then I can convert files to a format without DRM and so DRM would be impotent to stop illegal copying.
(2) DRM interferes with that right. Then DRM is restricting my legal rights to use the material as I see fit and I don't see any particular obligation to respect DRM (perhaps the DMCA provides legal obligation in this case, but it doesn't provide any moral obligation).
adding that demand also has to be generated, and Linspire is looking to keep pace with emerging demand while creating more. which have become a staple offering from cable and satellite TV...
Well, to tell the truth, I would be one of the first to sign up as a Bill Gates fan if there were a club being formed. Obviously there is something...
(See the Freedom to Tinker blog for a nice presentation on some of these issues.)
Footnotes: 1 I don't think this is a controversial claim.
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