I am sure that everyone here knows of Cory Doctorow, and that most will have heard of the science journal Nature. Well, Nature do a podcast and have a "Podium" segment where someone talks for a couple of minutes on a subject. Last week it was Cory Doctorow's turn, and he spoke on the futility of DRM.
Audio
here, and transcript
here. Podium is the last segment, so scroll on to the end if you don't want to listen to/read the rest of the podcast.
I particularly like the concluding comment:
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Businesses that rely on restricting copying have pitched their tents on the side of an active volcano. Governments should be urging them to evacuate to safer territory, not deploying mad, ineffectual laws to stop the lava flow.
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