I would much much rather use a Free software (ie GPL) DRM program than a proprietary one, because as we know, content providers *are not* going to give us open content or content without DRM. Open content is not, in my view, an issue like Free Software is, while DRM is a restriction that the GPL needs to allow (as a compromise).
andrew On 3/19/06, Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 09:15:40PM +0000, John Watson wrote: > >> On controlling music, I personally see no issues with this. With > >> out DRM, music or other media type content could not be legally > >> made available over the Internet. > > > > This is false. Without DRM, certain greedy and immoral content > > providers will be *unwilling* to provide music over the Internet; > > but I am aware of no copyright laws in any jurisdiction that > > *mandate* the use of DRM. > > Well, since the content providers appear bent on using DRM, I'd rather > have them use an open source DRM than some Sony-style rootkit. The > majority of the content will always be non-free anyhow (and I don't > have a problem with that), so an unobtrusive, portable DRM scheme > isn't inherently bad in my view. DRM becomes nasty when it is closed > and difficult (or even illegal) to use on your operating system of > choice. > > -- > Måns Rullgård > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net
