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Old 01-23-2008, 02:28 PM   #210
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I concur with the original poster that DRM is good and neccessary. He hits the nail on the head that property rights are the cornerstone of a free republic. It is sad today the level of entitlement folks seem to feel about taking that which they have not earned.
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Intellectual property should be protected just as much as real property, particularly in this day and age. I realize people want to be able to leech off producers without having to pay for things so the producers need ways to try to prevent that. Stealing is stealing, whether it be intellectual property or real property.
Are you familiar with Godwin's Law? We have a variation of it here called mrkai's law. It goes something like this:

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If a DRM debate goes on long enough, somone will accuse people who have purchased, or want to purchase legitimate content of being pirates.
I think you have just demonstrated mrkai's law.
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