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Old 03-01-2009, 07:51 PM   #34
tompe
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Originally Posted by Boston View Post
I think the problems with drm isn't so much the concept but the execution. For example, most dvds are encrypted and while it doesn't stop the determined from breaking and distributing, its under the radar of the average user because it doesn't stop people from their right to use or lock them into a particular vendor.
Well it restricts the possible vendors. For example I just bough a Popcorn Hour A110 tha can play DRM-free DVD or DVD copied to a harddisk. I have to remove the DRM to be able to use my playing device.

You can probably not design a DRM system that does not introduce these kind of restriction of perfectly legitimate use of what you have bought.
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