On 1/20/2011 8:40 PM, Neeum Zawan wrote:
> scott<sco### [at] scottcom>  writes:
>
>>> Most people that I know feel the same way - I bought the (CD, ePub,
>>> whatever), so if I want to convert it to something more convenient for my
>>> own personal use, that's my business.
>>
>> Sure, but in a lot of cases people incorrectly believe they are doing no
>> harm by removing the DRM - I hear it all the time.  They feel hard done
>
> You can point out that their assumptions are questionable. You haven't,
> however, demonstrated that harm is done when they remove DRM.
>
>> understand that it's precisely those limitations that has even allowed
>> them to get the content in the first place (prime example BBC iPlayer or
>> at the extreme hiring DVDs).
>
> Not always. And even if they were the reasons, it's not at all clear
> that removing DRM does harm.
>
> Most importantly, from the wider context, you need to define what "harm"
> is. When I look at these issues, my only concern is maximizing artistic
> endeavors. I believe copyright's only role is to enable that, and that
> was historically how it all began. People making a livelihood via the
> arts is simply not a factor that need be taken into account.
>
Ah, well. "Harm" is the billions and billions lost to people not buying 
the overpriced books, because they are all too stupid to find ways 
around the DRM anyway... You know, those estimates of "loses" which 
never materialized when it went into effect, and in fact seemed to have 
the opposite result in some interpretations. Brought to you by the same 
man that wrote the estimates on how many millions of people are going to 
be waiting in line at the Ark amusement park Canned Ham is still 
planning to build using government money.

-- 
void main () {

     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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