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Re:“DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users” by syshum on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:55PM (#12915660)
>>but that's all it is, a justification. And in my opinion, that justification results in less original content.

Given that more content from more people is being created today that at any point in human history runs counter to your statement

Copyright is about protecting the Gatekeepers, the Movies Studios, the Music Labels, the Book Publisher, not about protecting creators.

Karl Fogel does a great job explaining the History of copyright and why is it not needed to protect creators

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhBpI13dxkI

>> it's our own propensity to not respect the rights of the creator which has encouraged the adoption of DRM.

I do not recognize them as rights. Copyright is a Positive Right created by government. I am a supporter of Negative Rights theory and do not support any Positive rights at all

>>The rest of your argument centers on DRM;

it is not just about DRM,DRM is how they attempt to force my property to disobey my commands, it is also about the law the DRM is attempting to enforce on my machine

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