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Screw the Digital-Rights Bugaboo

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www.pcmag.com; By John C Dvorak
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I have mixed feelings about so-called digital-rights management and its benefits. My concerns don't stem solely from DRM itself, but from the fact that it's not only illegal to crack DRM systems—it's essentially illegal even to think about cracking them. This, of course, stems from the onerous Digital Millennium Copyright Act. It and other laws and structures were pushed into play by lobbyists for the movie and record industries.

[It is hard to believe that I actually agree with Dvorak about something! - SamShazaam]

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