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Old 08-14-2007, 04:36 PM   #1
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Drm as Potemkin scam; Cory Doctorow tells it straight in Guardian
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"The DRM business model is the urinary tract infection of media experiences: all of the uses that used to come in an easy gush now come in a mingy, painful dribble"

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...14/comment.drm
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"The DRM business model is the urinary tract infection of media experiences: all of the uses that used to come in an easy gush now come in a mingy, painful dribble"

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...14/comment.drm
I recommend reading Printcrime from the same author: http://www.feedbooks.com/discover/view_book/334
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