| Cory Doctorow to MS: Why DRM is bad for Microsoft : Here's what I'm here to convince you of: * That DRM systems don't work * That DRM systems are bad for society * That DRM systems are bad for business * That DRM systems are bad for artists * That DRM is a bad business-move for MSFT In June, EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) European affairs coordinator Cory Doctorow gave a talk to the Microsoft Research Group - and other interested parties - at Microsoft's Redmond HQ. The response? "Lots of feedback from MS, all good: intrigued, provocative, etc," he says. The talk was eventually turned into a video and, "They say it's the most downloaded video on the internal training network." If DRM was a hot topic then, it's blazing now. If you're remotely interested in DRM, the future of music and video, Microsoft's role in all this or why Steve Ballmer was both right and wrong when he said "The most common music standard on an iPod is Stolen", you need to read this article. Oh, and the whole article is public domain. Feel free to copy, publish, cut and paste, repurpose it however you wish. [from: JB Ecademy] |
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