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The anecdote in TFA is wrong, about "coming to your house and seizing your DVDs". They won't come to your house; they will revoke the decryption keys and push
by efitz 4y ago
The anecdote in TFA is wrong, about "coming to your house and seizing your DVDs". They won't come to your house; they will revoke the decryption keys and push the revocation to your Blu-Ray player, which will then fail to decrypt your BDs. They don't need to come to visit; they thought of that already.
And it's not just movies, it's also books and music. Many people "bought" MP3s or "buy" Kindle eBooks. Amazon has already shown that it is willing to delete Kindle content remotely [1]. And come on, this is Amazon. They are happy to censor on their own [2] and in collaboration with other companies [3].
Copyright is not just a "scam" anymore. It's a tool that is being used to shape what information is available to us. It's an enforcement mechanism for the "Overton Window".
[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-amazon-is-within-its-rights-to-remove-access-to-your-kindle-books/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-amazon-is-within-its-right...
[2] https://www.foxnews.com/media/amazon-harry-became-sally https://www.foxnews.com/media/amazon-harry-became-sally
[3] https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8523526/amazon-stop-selling-tommy-robinson-book-islam-day-youtube-broadcast/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8523526/amazon-stop-selling-to...