Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Protest DRM at the Boston Public Library
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| the BPL [Boston Public Library] has launched a new service powered by a
>| company called OverDrive. The system gives BPL patrons access to books,
>| music, and movies online -- but only if they use a Microsoft DRM system.
>|
>| There are lots of problems with the introduction of this system: it bars
>| access to users of GNU/Linux and MacOS and creates a dependence on a single
>| technology vendor for access. These are important issues, certainly. The
>| worst problem, however, is much more fundamental.
>|
>| By adopting a DRM system for library content, the BPL is giving OverDrive,
>| copyright holders, and Microsoft the ability to decide what, when, and how
>| its patrons can and cannot read, listen, and watch these parts of the BPL
>| collection.
> `----
>
> http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20080207-00
>
> Someone ought to investigate this. The government should intervene because it's
> a public facility.
>
If it's been paid for using public funds, then it is corruption in
action, and should be stopped. If it's privately funded, then it's just
daft.
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