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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by jbk on Thursday May 15, 2014 @03:45PM (#7751765)
> How is this, in principle, inconsistent with "helping artists live off their creations"?

In principle, it's not.

The point was that I prefer when things are correctly labeled and explained to people, for them to choose.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by shmerl on Thursday May 15, 2014 @03:54PM (#7751821)
The fact that the public is misled about intentions behind DRM only demonstrates the point that it should not be acceptable. But the public somehow needs to become aware about it first.
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