Wall Street Journal's tech columnist is speaking out against DRM. In his recent article, he wrote about the evils of DRM and how it actually imposes limits and inconvenience consumers, so much so that many are turned off by the way DRM is implemented. It's something that Cory Doctorow has written about many times and it's refreshing to see this idea in print in a mainstream medium.
In my view, both sides have a point, but the real issue isn't DRM itself -- it's the manner in which DRM is used by copyright holders. Companies have a right to protect their property, and DRM is one means to do so. But treating all consumers as potential criminals by using DRM to overly limit their activities is just plain wrong.
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