DRM is a Folding Chair
May. 9th, 2004 12:50 pmRead Frank Field here (found via
copyfight).
The significant point being that the power of DRM is not in its (easily subvertible) functionality, nor even in the potential legal sanctions consequent on its violation, but that its very existence will, over time, shape perception of that which it purports to protect.
Rights Economy, here we come...
[edit: no, not that Frank Field...]
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The significant point being that the power of DRM is not in its (easily subvertible) functionality, nor even in the potential legal sanctions consequent on its violation, but that its very existence will, over time, shape perception of that which it purports to protect.
Rights Economy, here we come...
[edit: no, not that Frank Field...]