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Originally Posted by Steven Lake
That's why I'm hoping my fellow Open Sourcers will be able to put the final nail in the coffin of DRM very soon.
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Heh... more science-fictional thinking.
Well, maybe not really. Because as much as I don't like DRM--because it doesn't work, and so far every clumsy attempt to make it work,
save one, has only aggravated customers--I do believe in digital document security. So I fully expect someone, at some point, to come up with a way to protect digital documents that will work, and not aggravate people who use it any more than they are aggravated by having to find their house keys in their pocket.
In other words, I expect DRM to be dumped in time, and eventually usurped by another document security system that can be applied to digital products like ebooks, which will actually work.
When that happens, I'll be on board. (ducks and dives into the river)
(from the safe side of the bank) Until then? Steven and Steven can't wait for DRM to die.