[Requiem]

I want to stress that I am not pro-DRM, but i happen to see the side of the publishers. It might not protect Intellectual property sufficiently enough, but it is the best option they have for the moment. There was an earlier comment about software and DRM. I believe these are in actuality two completely different topics. Software is a small part of the bigger picture. Intellectual Property is EVERYWHERE; that newspaper, that ad on the wall, the elevator music you are listening to, the design of the carpet you are walking on, the design of the house or apartment you live in, the programs you use on your computer are also included. A single all encompassing scheme to protect them all is not only irresponsible but non-advantageous to the creativity of the human mind.

The rules get so skewed and diluted, especially when you get into laws governing other countries. For example who holds the copyright of a picture of a copyrighted painting? Is it the photographer or the painter? And what about a picture of an individual person? Do you own the copyright of your own likeness? If so then why can Facebook use your pictures in their ads? Just because they claimed everything on their servers? Well I got some books on my bookshelf, I think I will start claiming copyrights on them.

Just too complicated to not have some dissent on either side.