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A comment on Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM. Parent comment

Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by stonith on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:09AM (#6494566)
I dislike DRM in all of its forms, and hope that Mozilla does take a stance against having it in FF, but I agree with this sentiment.

I don't want to own a movie, I want to watch it. I don't want to own music, I want to listen to it.

What I don't agree with is the assumption from content producers that DRM is particularly useful. If the content is displayed on a screen or played out speakers, DRM isn't going to work.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by SeanDav on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:24AM (#6494606)
Except if you don't own it you may be told you can't watch the film with more than 2 friends or on Friday evenings or Christmas Eve. You may be told you cannot listen to your music if travelling to another country, or copy it to your new $10,000 hi-fi so you can really enjoy it.
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