Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Policy related to Digital Rights Management.
Benjamin Lyon
Fri 26 Apr 2013 6:00PM
I realized while writing my last comment that DRM is a toothless dog. The Act that was passed in 1998 give it it's teeth. I think it would be more effective to pull its teeth than put it down.
Sorry I am not very good with analogies.
GI Jack
Sat 27 Apr 2013 3:51AM
because its an ouright abuse which is nothing more than giving "IP" holders the "right" to abuse anyone who comes in contact their their "property"
Lindsay-Anne Gorski Wed 24 Apr 2013 2:11AM
DRM harms the consumer (see online-only DRM games such as Diablo III and the new SimCity) and is easily circumvented. It does not do its intentioned function and prevents other pieces of data (music, games, other software) that the user has from being used without the incurred expense of additional licensing fees or inane restrictions.
kbenjamin sauerhaft coplon Wed 24 Apr 2013 2:22AM
why can't we just make the policy
"we oppose the use of DRM"(or something similar) i don't see the need for a ban
kbenjamin sauerhaft coplon Wed 24 Apr 2013 2:39AM
and require all of our media be released without DRM
Alex M (Coyo) Wed 24 Apr 2013 4:25AM
welcome back, sacha.
Amanda Johnson Thu 25 Apr 2013 10:22AM
Ksc: people already hate DRM and that doesn't stop companies from using it, without a ban I find it highly unlikely that they will stop.
kbenjamin sauerhaft coplon Thu 25 Apr 2013 5:02PM
AJ The people who hate DRM have not proven themselves to be a large group of unified consumers, let alone a large group of voters of voters. After that happens i see things changing dramatically, no anti-DRM legislation necessary.
Alex M (Coyo) Thu 25 Apr 2013 5:16PM
Without a federal criminalization of the use of DRM, companies will use that to maintain unnatural monopolies when their business models have been rendered obsolete decades ago, and they should have been bankrupted decades ago.
Nick · Wed 24 Apr 2013 1:20AM
Im assuming a ban on DRM would apply to any consumer products.