shove your DRM up your ass

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Created on: 2 Sep 2005
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LOOK. some artists connected to this group have released or will be releasing an album that will install DRM associated files onto your computer just by placing the CD in a computer cd drive. These files have disable peoples computers hardware from working properly.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is an umbrella term referring to any of several technical methods used to control or restrict the use of digital media content on electronic devices with such technologies installed. The media most often restricted by DRM techniques include music, visual artwork, computer and video games, and movies.

Some digital media content publishers claim DRM technologies are necessary to prevent revenue loss due to illegal duplication of their copyrighted works. Civil libertarians, however, argue that transferring control of the use of media from consumers to a consolidated media industry will lead to loss of existing end-user rights, as well as stifling innovation in software and cultural productions.

No current DRM technology includes a mechanism to enable fair use rights per se, though some DRM methods allow acts of copying which may coincidentally align with legal use rights. Arguably, a technology cannot, in principle, know what legal restrictions and rights apply in a specific jurisdiction, usage context, under an external contract, or to an individual author, owner, or publisher.

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greyscale42 wrote:
December 2009

Netflix applies a DRM feature to their streaming movies meaning that even though I pay to watch them I cant on Linux. Fuck DRM.

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Xcava86X wrote:
December 2008

DRM sucks, teh group picture explain all and more...

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sataf wrote:
November 2008

http://xkcd.com/488/ DRM is awful.

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DeathHack wrote:
September 2008

Lol @ kamahl90's shout :D

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kamahl90 wrote:
August 2008

Digital RESTRICTIONS Management

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fquammingo wrote:
May 2008

heh, my avatar is kinda relative =]

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hurricane_mario wrote:
May 2008

hell yes. Anyone know a way to get rid of drm on the current version of itunes? (I had free credit from ticketmaster.com and I'm too lazy to uninstall and install an old version) (and I heard burning/re-ripping was lossy)

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Wacken wrote:
April 2008

Another reson why drm sucks? Microsoft shutdown DRM-licence-server: http://tinyurl.com/3uwfo8

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Joostie wrote:
January 2008

thought you guys were anti-DRM?

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wmigda wrote:
January 2008

EU wants to sanction DRM - sign the petition against ! http://www.defectivebydesign.org/Do_Not_Sanction_DRM

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noohgodno wrote:
December 2007

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html

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noohgodno wrote:
December 2007

CORPORATIONS

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