On 1/20/2011 11:33 AM, Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>>>> But understand in many cases when you buy DRM protected content you
>>>> are not buying the right to unlimited personal use.
>>>
>>> It depends. I certainly am when I buy a kindle document.
>>
>> Really? Do they let you copy it to all your other devices (even those
>> that do not support the Kindle DRM system)? How about printing it out?
>
> Making it easy is not the same as it being legal. And again, I don't
> know how the DMCA changed this, given this is exactly the field which
> DMCA was supposed to be improving.
>
The DMCA was *specifically* designed to deny this right, which you had 
*prior* to its implementation. They wanted, and got, different rules for 
a digital copy than they had for the same book, in paper. Which means, 
*they* get to dictate how, if, how many, etc. you can have. The, "how 
many", is imho, the only valid thing in the whole argument, sort of. 
Yet, even in that case, you could, for legit use, photocopy pages out of 
a book, for a classroom, or to show someone, etc., as long as you don't 
*sell* the book, or its pages, to someone else. Not so with DRMed stuff. 
You simply can't *at all* ***EVER***, even if the use would otherwise be 
considered legitimate. Heck, they might even be able to bring in some 
secondary laws, dealing with recorded content, and sue you for, "using 
the content in a performance.", as happened to a few people that made 
the mistake of playing their music in a restaurant in at least one case 
I know of.

They could, in principle, even deny you the right to what you already 
have, if they put in a clause for it, rent it to you (I mean WTF), and, 
more to the point, stop supporting the device, in effect, denying your 
right to ***everything*** you bought that is on it.

DMCA went way too far, trying to solve one "small" problem. You may 
argue that the problem might not have been solvable given the nature of 
the media, but then, if so, why the hell is it our fault that they 
started selling stuff with legal rights normally attached, in a way that 
denies nearly all of them? Never mind.. I know the answers - Theirs: 
Money, Ours: Supposed "convenience".

-- 
void main () {
   If Schrödingers_cat is alive or version > 98 {
     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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