More DRM nonsense
You should read Eric’s first column on our position re DRM, but sometimes a real-world example of the evilness works better. So….
Another real world example of why DRM is evil by ZDNet’s David Berlind — One of the lesser discussed but equally troubling evils of digital rights management technology is what I call the “DRM switcheroo.” The DRM switcheroo is where the person or company sitting at the DRM controls over the content you’ve accumulated under one set of rules switches to a new set of rules. What, […]
More grist for your thinking mill.
-_ Rick
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:48 pm
I urge you (not you personally, the magazine) to use the expansion “Digital Restrictions Management” rather than “Digital Rights Management”. The Free Software Foundation’s explanation says:
“Digital Rights Management” software is actually designed to impose restrictions on computer users. The use of the word “rights” in this term is propaganda, designed to lead you unawares into seeing the issue from the viewpoint of the few that impose the restrictions, while ignoring that of the many on whom the restrictions are imposed.
Good alternatives include “Digital Restrictions Management”, “Digital Restrictions Malware”, and “handcuffware”.