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Re:“DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” by wolfgke on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:44AM (#12911765)
> What I essentially said was that nobody should be forced to work for unfair compensation.

I'm not aware of any penal servitude in the United States.

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Re:“DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” by pbtflakes on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:59AM (#12911950)
It's right there in the 13th Amendment. Just look at FPI/UNICOR, a government-owned corporation founded in order to exploit prison labor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Prison_Industries

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Re:“DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” by pessimizer on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:21PM (#12912266)
Hence "we should accept that there will be less work created."
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