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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ 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.
>
Well, they do, but only in so far as they have wealth (perhaps limited,
but some) which can be transferred from them to the organisation in
question. In a way, I've almost got more time for traditional conmen -
at least they're reasonably honest about what they're doing :-)
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