Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:01:42 +0200 (CEST) | From | Giuliano Pochini <> | Subject | Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!] |
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On 30-Apr-2003 Larry McVoy wrote: > Your post shows that you think that the reaction is bad and you even say > that the reaction is likely. You vigourously disagree with my conclusions > as to why the reaction is happening, I see that. OK, so let's try it > with a question rather than a statement: why are things like the DMCA and > DRM happening? It isn't the open source guys pushing those, obviously, > it's the corporations. So why are they doing it?
IMHO, no dubt piracy is what caused the reaction. But it's not a direct cause. They always wanted things like DRM. The stronger is the control over your customers, the more money you get from them. Piracy is a very good excuse, but even without piracy it was only a matter of time. The distance between who can and who cannot, is contantly increasing. It's the age we are living :(
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