Re: FN-FORUM: Advice on DRM needed

date posted 6th November 2007 10:44

Quoting Vicki Sivess [EMAIL REMOVED]

> I conclude that DRM is a bad idea because, in essence, it inconveniences
> the honest people who have paid for the music while not stopping
> dishonest people from stealing it.
>
> Is that about it? Has anyone here had a positive experience of using or
> implementing such a system or are there any important articles I should
> read on the subject?

I think you've summed up how I feel about DRM pretty well. And the
public seems to be realising what a bad idea it is too following the
publicity that the Sony Rootkit disaster[1] attracted last year.

To my mind, the definitive presentation on the subject is still the
talk that Cory Doctorow gave to Microsoft in 2004[2].

Dave...

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal
[2] http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt