DRM, p2p and dead horses

Digital Copyright Canada's Russell McOrmond posted an article saying DRM is both a form of theft (of what you'd otherwise own) and a scam (pricing doesn't take the "rental" situation into consideration) that should be illegal.

His remarks were keyed to another post in Techdirt and he went on to quote a few thoughts he'd added to that discussion saying, in part:

What I am opposed to is calling a relationship a purchase that is really a "rental" (IE: the person receiving the content doesn't own the hardware - they are "renting" it from someone else).


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