Chambers wrote:
> 1) Legally, unauthorized copying is currently outlawed.

... here.

Remember there are plenty of places (including for example Spain) where 
sharing such files without profit isn't illegal.

> 2) Technologically, there is no practical way to impede the illegal 
> copying of unauthorized materials.  Making a digital copy is so 
> incredibly easy (especially compared to stealing a tangible item, such 
> as a car, or even something as small as a tomato) that any attempt to 
> place a technical limit on it has, and will continue to, fail horribly.

No matter the technical limitations, there are two things working against DRM:

1) The legitimate user has to be able to produce the content. It's not a 
cryptography problem, where you're defending against someone who shouldn't 
see the content.

2) Once it's cracked, it's easy to distribute the cracked form vs the 
hard-to-crack form, so it only takes one person to crack the DRM.

> in fact, if anything artists are currently being 
> undercompensated by the very corporations masquerading as their advocates.

I saw lawsuits where the artists are suing the labels because the labels 
aren't paying them anything from the Apple store, for example.

> will apparently soon go away with the revenues again returning to the 
> creators of the music (the writers and performers).

We can only hope. What was the group that put up their new album online a 
few months ago for free, asked for a donation of "what you think it's 
worth", and brought in many-fold the amount of money they would have selling it?

Heh heh heh... 
http://torrentfreak.com/donate-your-piracy-savings-to-reduce-poverty-081015/


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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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