On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:29:57 -0400 Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote:
> On 20/05/14 09:07 AM, Celejar wrote: ... > > Of course. But while it's certainly not a zero-sum game, there's > > generally going to be a trade-off: increasing protections for > > defendants will save some innocents, at the expense of letting some > > guilty go free. The same goes for IP regulation: many of us at least > > believe that the law should balance the rights of the IP holders with > > the rights of the consumer, and insisting on absolute freedom for the > > consumer at the expense of the rights of the rights-holders is wrong. > > > > Celejar > > DRM removes all rights from the consumer and places them entirely with > the IP holder. That's not balance in any traditional sense of the word. Come now, that's a gross exaggeration. DRM certainly doesn't remove *all* rights from the consumer, even if we concede that it removes some rights, and may prevent him from some usage that he is entitled to by law. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140520094724.6d8716f7f0af266bc3084...@gmail.com
