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Old 04-20-2017, 08:39 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But that's not entirely true, is it? A DVD has DRM, but it doesn't matter because all the manufacturers of DVD players have agreed on a single DRM standard. If one manufacturer of DVD players dies, you can buy one from someone else. The problem is caused by "single vendor" flavours of DRM.
DRM on any product that isn't on loan (like a subscription) is bad. Be it on a physical product like a CD/DVD/BR or on a digital product like ebooks or music.

It could be that the manufacturer of that DVD player is still here, but he simply cannot deliver the product I need, because my tablet doesn't have room for a DVD player. And I'd have loved to watch that movie on holiday.

I bought the right to watch that movie, but DRM is preventing me (I can't copy it to the SD card in my tablet). I don't see why the medium on which the product was delivered has anything to do with it.
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