EFF: How DRM Affects Consumers (Video)
The movie studios have figured out a mechanism to prevent you from doing what you want to do with the content you buy. Cory Doctorow from the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks about the negative impact of DRM on innovation, how it restricts legitimate end-user expectations, “notice and takedown”, and more. Everyone should watch this.
April 24th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
it keeps the honest folks honest. you actually buy the movie/song/etc from them instead of pirating it. now, you’re limited in what you can do with your purchase. iTunes is the perfect example, DRM’d AACs.