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I think encryption and DRM are complex. For some odd reason, Doctorow hates DRM even though it essentially empowers artists to control people who want to steal
by xhkkffbf 7y ago
I think encryption and DRM are complex. For some odd reason, Doctorow hates DRM even though it essentially empowers artists to control people who want to steal from them. He seems to hate the idea that artists may want to sell their art directly and only embraces ideas where artists do things like sell tickets to concerts.
My feeling is that DRM is just encryption for artists. If you think that encryption and privacy are good things that empower people, I don't know why you would want to disempower artists.
But he thinks differently.
- sam_lowry_ 7y agoSteal?
- mikekchar 7y agoI would have been a famous author, but pesky kids stole all my stories. I have none left and now I'm stuck being a computer programmer. If only I had embraced DRM when I had the chance! /s
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 7y agoPrimarily, he seems to think that totalitarianism is not an acceptable solution to any problem. I happen to agree.
- xhkkffbf 7y agoNo. He's the totalitarian. No DRM lover is forcing anyone to use DRM. Anyone can release their own work for free. Anyone can put their own work in the public domain. DRM just gives artists the ability to sell their work -- if they so choose. But Doctorow hates it when others make different decisions. He's the totalitarian.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 7y agoSo, what, in your mind, qualifies something as totalitarian?