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Yes, by "free to" I mean it's legal to.
by hot_gril 3y ago
Yes, by "free to" I mean it's legal to.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoIt's only DRM if it's from the Article 11 region of the WIPO Copyright Treaty; otherwise, it's just sparkling obfuscation. > Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection and effective legal remedies against the circumvention of effective technological measures that are used by authors in connection with the exercise of their rights under this Treaty or the Berne Convention and that restrict acts, in respect of their works, which are not authorized by the authors concerned or permitted by law. (DRM's a silly name, anyway; it should be called "technological measures" or "technological protection measures" or something.)
- hot_gril 3y agoI think it's meant as a derogatory term cause people hate DRM. Like, I don't feel entitled to pirate movies, but plenty of times DRM has gotten in the way of legally watching movies I paid for.
- wizzwizz4 3y agoDigital Restrictions Management is a backronym popularised by the EFF, but DRM is the actual legal term used in the US, and doesn't necessarily carry a derogatory meaning.
- chankstein38 3y agoI don't know, I've never happily acknowledged the existence of DRM. I'm from the US and, as far as I can tell, I and people in my periphery see it as a negative and use it as basically "This f-ing DRM is always preventing me from watching my movies in 4K even though I paid for 4K" kinds of situations
- hot_gril 3y agoI used to never curse. Apple TV HDCP DRM was the first time.
- rnk 3y agoI disagree, DRM actually is seen as an extremely negative thing. Perhaps people who work to create DRM don't think it's a negative but saying someone's work is DRM is actually a pejorative statement.
- hot_gril 3y agotaking my BMW to the shop to do a DRM delete