The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
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| 1. DRM doesn't prevent illegal use of files, it just makes it a bit
| more difficult to access them.
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| 2. All it takes is one person to crack the file and it can be made
| available to everyone.
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| 3. Anyone selling content on CD is already selling unprotected files
| anyway.
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| 4. DRM adds a lot of costs for content producers
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| 5. There's a huge hidden cost in trying to sell DRM'ed content
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| 6. Often the costs of the DRM are passed along to the consumer as well.
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| 7. DRM-free content will play on your device of today and your device
| of tomorrow
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| 8. Your media devices of the future will be significantly different than
| your media devices of the present.
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| 9. DRM fundamentally changes who is control of your media.
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| 10. Whenever you buy DRM'ed content you support the system of DRM
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http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html
Related:
Is DRM good or bad for consumers?
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| In addition, many consumers don't understand DRM restrictions, and
| they're surprised when a CD that works on a home stereo can't be
| played somewhere else, she said. Vendors offer "little disclosure
| about how consumers can use" DRM-protected content, she said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/08/HNdrmgoodorbad_1.html
The Danger of DRM
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| Sony, having acquired Columbia Records in 1988, was now aligned behind
| music industry interests. It had long sought to replace the open MP3f
| ormat with its own ATRAC audio compression scheme in order to retain
| control over digital music files and limit the potential for music
| file sharing.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/CEE58947-0EE3-44B1-AAEB-28CDCB307ADE.html
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