http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/03/22/ourtube/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/03/22/ourtube/#comment-64734 Russell McOrmond Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:33:05 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/03/22/ourtube/#comment-64734 Any new site that infects content or the receiving devices with DRM can't possibly compete with any site that is DRM-free. Everything I have read suggests that this new site will be DRM-infected content. As someone who believe in protecting my property rights, which includes the right to make my own software choices on the hardware I own, I do not access DRM-infected content without circumventing the DRM. DRM has two parts: content encoded to only interoperate with specific brands of devices (the very thing many European countries are legitimately investigating Apple over anti-trust issues), and devices that are locked down to circumvent the property rights of device owners (the reason I do not use DRM-infected hardware). Any new site that infects content or the receiving devices with DRM can’t possibly compete with any site that is DRM-free. Everything I have read suggests that this new site will be DRM-infected content. As someone who believe in protecting my property rights, which includes the right to make my own software choices on the hardware I own, I do not access DRM-infected content without circumventing the DRM. DRM has two parts: content encoded to only interoperate with specific brands of devices (the very thing many European countries are legitimately investigating Apple over anti-trust issues), and devices that are locked down to circumvent the property rights of device owners (the reason I do not use DRM-infected hardware).

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