Misunderstanding of embedded system designers

Misunderstanding of embedded system designers

Posted Jan 17, 2006 13:41 UTC (Tue) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435)
In reply to: Misunderstanding of embedded system designers by karim
Parent article: GPLv3: a first look

> I would say, in fact, that DRM is increasingly found everywhere.
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> If you want to kill DRM, then don't by DRM'ed products.

Sounds like some kind of cognitive disconnect... If it's everywhere, then
how can we avoid buying it? Unless you suggest we not buy ANYTHING?? And,
that's not a very realistic suggestion, of course... So, either your first
statement above was extreme hyperbole or your "Just don't buy it!" strategy
isn't very realistic/effective... I tend to suspect a bit of both... But,
I think your first statement is indeed indicative of where things are
headed, even if we're not quite there yet... So, in such a world, I think
we need to find a much more realistic and effective method of killing DRM
than simplistically saying "Just don't buy it", something which is being
made increasingly impossible to do...

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