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Originally Posted by angelad
Yea, DRM is bad.
But I think its a matter of time before they come up with something "better" to replace it. They must know that no one approves of it.
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Define "better". As long as the guy who owns the rights wants to retain control over the work after the sale (and prevent random copying), then it's DRM. You can make "better" DRM, but in the end it is still DRM, and will be built on the same flaws as the existing DRM.
So what do you do? Do you remove the DRM, or make better DRM? Replacing DRM with "something better" is still DRM, since it is managing the rights of digital content through some sort of encryption. DVDs are DRM'd... but since they are tied to a physical disc, nobody notices or cares for the most part (especially when the encryption has been broken for the better part of a decade now). It's as we move into the world of downloadable books, music and movies that DRM becomes the thorn in people's sides.