__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 00:15 \__
> On Wednesday 31 May 2006 22:24 Da'Punk-A wrote:
>
>> McAllister also complains about Stallman calling DRM Digital
>> Restrictions Management. But Stallman's only calling it as he sees it.
>> DRM is about restrictions a lot more than it is rights.
>
> Depends which side you look at it from, doesn't it?
> - it's about the "rights" of the sellers, and the restriction of the
> buyers, is it not?
> I suppose you could use the same argument re. slavery and freedom - slavery
> is the freedom of the slave owners to own slaves........
>
> Funny world we live in, innit?:-)
Well, here it's corporate deceit that plays a role. See the other thread that
addresses DRM issues, as well as someone's real life confrontation with the
technology, _just because his daughter got victimised_. They are holding
innocent people hostage for the sake of increased profits. From their point
of view, it's prevention of privacy. But does the loyal and willing customer
never count? Apparently not.
Best wishes,
Roy
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