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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really have to disagee with the somewhat "melodramatic" assertion your signature makes that DRM is "evil". DRM is simply a marketing technique - it is neither "good" nor "evil", any more than the fact that, say, if I buy a lens for my Canon DSLR I cannot subsequently use it on a Nikon camera is "evil". Every manufacturer tries to lock you in to their products; it makes sound commercial sense to do so.
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There are no laws that prevent you from making a device that allows your Nikon to use a Canon lens. There are no laws that prevent you from selling your Canon lens to someone who has a Canon, after you decide to switch to Nikon.
The "evil" in DRM is that it removes the purchaser's property rights, often without telling the purchaser that those rights have been curtailed.