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Originally Posted by ahi
DRM that doesn't inconvenience customers does not and cannot exist.
DRM that prevents copyright infringement (calling it stealing being primarily propaganda bullshit) on the long term does not and cannot exist.
These two sentences are plain and simple facts. Anything that contradicts them is necessarily nonsense.
- Ahi
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Ahi, while I agree with you, I think for the benefit of the debate it must be conceded that some DRM is in fact not 100% evil, such as the subscription models.
I can't imagine anybody would have issue with subscription services with set boundaries having suitable DRM as long as the terms are fair and properly communicated (e.g. the Zune Pass example I gave earlier). The alternative (with music) is that you simply buy what you want when you want without DRM on the tracks (as iTunes, Zune, Amazon, BigPond, etc. all allow for almost their entire catalogues now).
It's when DRM seeks to limit what we can do with the media we buy that it becomes horrible.