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Originally Posted by Barcey
Alas the heart of our difference of opinion. There are no guarantees in life. Technology can't guarantee payment or prevent theft, laws can't guarantee it and the government can't.
If it's socially acceptable to steal something then no technology or law can enforce it. The idea of social DRM is to influence people socially to respect the copyright. Today when people don't respect the draconian DRM technology they are Robin Hood.
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Robin Hood didn't just arbitrarily steal. He fought to protect people who could not protect themselves, or their livelihood, from what was essentially organized crime taking what they wanted and giving nothing back.
Your example essentially equates me with the "Sheriff of Nottingham," and suggests that I am trying to deprive people of their livelihood by stealing their property from them and giving them nothing in return... and that those DRM-fighting "Robin Hoods" are restoring justice by stealing my books from me and giving them to everyone else.
Thanks a lot.
So, it is plainly obvious social DRM does not work any better than legal DRM. Does that mean we all throw up our hands and start stealing? Do we all just give up, and assume we are helpless against the mob? Open our doors, and let the Outsiders come in, take our goods, rape our women, and leave us for dead? Do we just abandon civilization as a doomed experiment?
Or... maybe... should we try to find a way to make a system that works?