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Honestly, I think this is a bad idea in the long run. The EFF is the most vocal critic of DRM in the public sphere by far (the FSF barely registers). Now the M
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
Honestly, I think this is a bad idea in the long run. The EFF is the most vocal critic of DRM in the public sphere by far (the FSF barely registers).
Now the MPA and copyright holders can dismiss their testimony out of hand for being that group that gave an award to a copyright infringer. Not that the MPA or John Deere would’ve respected the EFF anyway, but I’m sure it’s going to be mentioned in future court cases as a way to discredit the arguments.
- pizza 3y agoThat’s more the medium term than the long term, right? The hope is, in the long run, Elbakyan’s contribution to intellectual freedom will matter more
- pessimizer 3y agoI care far more about the availability of scientific publications than about producers putting DRM on their own products. The thing I'm against is the government telling me that I can't strip DRM. But I think it's everybody's right to wrap their creations in a puzzle; it's just cheating to get the cops to hit me with a stick if I try to solve that puzzle, or try to tell anyone else how to solve it.