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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by mfukar on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @08:04AM (#15283847)
The only thing? What about computer software?

Maybe you meant to type 'the only thing I care about'.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by floatboth on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @10:12AM (#15284743)
I actually don't care about movies, very rarely watch them at all. The vast majority of video I watch is YouTube.

I meant to type "I never actually saw DRM on the web in person".

Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by JadeNB on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @11:09AM (#15285293)
> Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D

The ineffectuality of most DRM isn't really an argument for it (or even just an argument against arguments against it), though.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by mfukar on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:04PM (#15286476)
> Also, proprietary desktop software is still usually "protected" by just a serial number :D

Not really; there's a lot of sophisticated DRM going around at least since the 70's..

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