Cory Doctorow’s DRM talk

Last week, Cory Doctorow (sci-fi author, constant Boing Boing author, and :EFF: coordinator) gave a talk to Microsoft’s Research Group about :DRM:.  Basically, it was about how DRM doesn’t work.  His main points:

That DRM systems don’t work
That DRM systems are bad for society
That DRM systems are bad for business
That DRM systems are bad for artists
That DRM is a bad business-move for MSFT

This is a long article, so you’ll want to set aside some time for reading it, but it’s certainly worth the investment.

Posted Wednesday June 23, 2004 in Around the Internet by Chris Curtis

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Comments

Wow. That is alot to think bout. Hmmm, too bad DRM is still not going to go away.

By Snork on June 25, 2004 at 07:07am link

just surfing. but, nice blog you have, anyway.

By nofie on June 25, 2004 at 08:28am link

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