[A2k] DRM — It's Not Really About Piracy

[Jeff Williams]

All,

  See:  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070115-8616.html

"Hollywood privately admits that DRM is not really about piracy.
>From the article: 'In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize
revenues by minimizing your rights so that they can sell them back
to you... Like all lies, there comes a point when the gig is up; the
ruse is busted. For the movie studios, it's the moment they have
to admit that it's not the piracy that worries them, but business
models which don't squeeze every last cent out of customers.' You
can take action on Digital Restrictions Management at
DefectiveByDesign of the Free Software Foundation, Digital Freedom,
and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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