Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @03:08PM
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DRM destroys the possibility that the contract of copyright can be upheld.
The contract is that we, the people, give - through our respective states - content producers a limited monopoly on reproduction [and modification, etc.] of artistic works in exchange for them being release in to the public domain at the end of that limited term.
With DRM a content producer (or at least the rights holder) destroys the ability of the work to pass in to the public domain [effectively].
In other words applying DRM breaks the contract. This means that we, the people, should be under no obligation to provide the state enforcement to their monopolistic rights gained via that contract.
There are ways the contract could be maintained under DRM [deposit an unblemished copy that can be released to all copy holders on expiry of the term] but I've never seen anything to suggest rights holders are acting to avoid breaching the central contract.
This is pertinent because it's not just linux that will be cut out of being able to present this data [DRM protected works] but also the OS of those in the future who're supposed to get access to copyright works which are currently being locked for good by DRM techniques.
The contract is that we, the people, give - through our respective states - content producers a limited monopoly on reproduction [and modification, etc.] of artistic works in exchange for them being release in to the public domain at the end of that limited term.
With DRM a content producer (or at least the rights holder) destroys the ability of the work to pass in to the public domain [effectively].
In other words applying DRM breaks the contract. This means that we, the people, should be under no obligation to provide the state enforcement to their monopolistic rights gained via that contract.
There are ways the contract could be maintained under DRM [deposit an unblemished copy that can be released to all copy holders on expiry of the term] but I've never seen anything to suggest rights holders are acting to avoid breaching the central contract.
This is pertinent because it's not just linux that will be cut out of being able to present this data [DRM protected works] but also the OS of those in the future who're supposed to get access to copyright works which are currently being locked for good by DRM techniques.