Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!]

Ross Vandegrift
2003-04-27T21:55:11Z

On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 11:50:37AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> 1) Corporations are threatened when people copy their content and/or
> products.
> 2) Corporations have a lot of money which they use to get the government
> to create laws to protect the corporate interests.
> 3) Corporations have a lot of money which they use to create technology
> which will remove threats to the corporation.
> 4) The more you inist that you are doing nothing wrong the more motivated
> the corporation becomes to stop you.
[snip]
> What I'm trying to
> say is that I think that the organizations which *create* the IP will
> vigorously defend that. The more you try and circumvent that the more
> draconian they will get.

I think that you simply meant in your email to identify free software as
a cause for this paranoia. I can kinda see the logic, and you might be
right.

But what I think what fired up many other readers (and me as well, until
I read your reply), is that your email reads like the solution is to
stop making free software/independant music/etc and just pay for what
we're offered. After all, individual creations will only serve to increase
the paranoia of the corporations.

If you're offering that as a solution, you're far crazier than even the
most vicious anti-BK people have claimed.

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