Misunderstanding of embedded system designers

Misunderstanding of embedded system designers

Posted Jan 17, 2006 5:14 UTC (Tue) by akumria (subscriber, #7773)
In reply to: Misunderstanding of embedded system designers by karim
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look

"If you want to kill DRM, then don't by [sic] DRM'ed products."

You suggestion only addresses the demand side of the problem. Yes, once manufacturers realise that people don't demand DRM they will stop bundling it.

Another mechanism to slow-down DRM is to look at the supply side of the problem. The intent is to make it more expensive to develop products which have DRM in then.

Hopefully entertainment expenditure is price elastic, in that as the price of entertainment (and associated equipment) rises less people purchase it. When manufacturers see less demand (because things are now more expensive) they are less likely to continue producing those items.

If we want to counter DRM successfully I think it is vital to address both the demand and the supply side of things.

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