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Re: Australian Anti-DRM Campaign

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 16 June 2006 18:00 \__
>
> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> > <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >  wrote
> > on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:53:51 +0100
> > <4441754.kTn3maUjPD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> http://iownmymusic.org/
> >>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | Tell the Government that you want control of your music, now and in
> >> | the future. Linux Australia  has made this easy by preparing a petition
> >> | (PDF, 470kb) that you can download. By getting as many signatures on the
> >> | petition as you can, and posting it to the address below you'll be
> >> | helping ensure that consumers have rights over digital content.
> >> `----
> >>
> >> DRM might take off initially, but activists will soon take it down, as
> >> soon as customers become victims and protest.
> >
> > Erm, I thought under DRM customers automatically *were*
> > victims...or at least treated as though they were criminal
> > conspirators. :-)
>
>  __^__                                          __^__
> ( ___ )----------------------------------------( ___ )
>  | / | Not  everybody  thinks  that  way.  Most | \ |
>  | / | customers  are  not even aware that  the | \ |
>  | / | media  purchased is 'DRM-enabled'. Those | \ |
>  | / | who   are   told  this   (could   become | \ |
>  | / | mandatory  in the UK) will possibly need | \ |
>  | / | further eduction to fully understand the | \ |
>  | / | consequences. This is often described as | \ |
>  | / | access  control/restrictions rather than | \ |
>  | / | en/decryption.    The   campaigns    are | \ |
>  | / | intended   to   raise  awareness   among | \ |
>  | / | politicians  (legislators in France  and | \ |
>  | / | Scandinavia,  for  example), as well  as | \ |
>  | / | people.                                  | \ |
>  |___|                                          |___|
> (_____)----------------------------------------(_____)
>

Remember that business to do with Sony's DRM rootkit?  The guy who
discovered it (can't remember his name) is a professional in computer
security.  He never thought that an audio CD could compromise his
machine, and was shocked to find the rootkit on his system.  The EULA
apparently authorised the vendor to put software on the user's
computer.  But who reads EULAs?  Who fully understands what they could
be letting themselves in for?

Roy mentioned France.  I read that their DRM legislation will take away
a customer's fair use right to make a back up copy.  That's certain to
piss people off.  And when the french get pissed off they riot, have
revolutions, introduce their former rulers to Madame Guillotine, etc.

But how many people right now even understand what DRM is all about?
Not many.  Not enough.


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