On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 09:45, Gary Thornock wrote: > DRM has the potential to be a good thing in an ideal world, > but in any world remotely resembling the real one, others > WILL decide what your rights are and "manage" them for you.
I think that's exactly the point of DRM, as people have stated. People in general want the same ability to manage digital stuff like they do physical stuff. I can display a painting in a museum, put up metal detectors and guards who stop you from using a camera, and you are free to look, but not touch, and not copy. Why can't people do the same with a digital painting? I think that is the crux of the issue. Maybe what we really need to do is educate people so they understand that if they really don't want it copied, don't digitize it in the first place. Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
