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> Without the DMCA these things would just get built like Yubikeys with internal HSMs that require clean room practices to unlock. There is always the Analog h

> Without the DMCA these things would just get built like Yubikeys with internal HSMs that require clean room practices to unlock. There is always the Analog hole¹, and I don't think that can ever be resolved. You only need one A/D conversion where quality is paramount and after that you have DRM free copies. > the media you like just stops getting produced at all. This is a sacrifice I'd be willing to make if it means eliminating DRM and other schemes that do NOT promote the progress of science and the useful arts. ¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole

api 3y ago
> This is a sacrifice I'd be willing to make I feel like I must not understand your point, because this seems odd to me. You’re saying it’s better to have no high quality media at all than to have any form of DRM? If it makes you feel any better, I think this is where we are headed because as you correctly point out DRM doesn’t really work. The future is cheap trash produced almost for free by AI, crowdsourced filler like TikTok, or ads and propaganda funded by someone other than the consumer to push a message. The period from the birth of recorded media to the birth of easy digital reproduction will be remembered as this weird golden age when massive amounts of incredible recorded art, film, and music were produced because there was an economic model for it. I used to have the “information wants to be free” view until I saw how much effort goes into producing any form of media of any quality. It’s not easy or cheap at all and if it’s not funded it won’t happen.
- yunwal 3y ago
  > You’re saying it’s better to have no high quality media at all than to have any form of DRM? I get your point, but there’s plenty of high quality media produced without financial incentive or with alternate funding schemes (donations, gov grants, patronage). I think hyperbole weakens the argument here.

api 3y ago

> This is a sacrifice I'd be willing to make I feel like I must not understand your point, because this seems odd to me. You’re saying it’s better to have no high quality media at all than to have any form of DRM? If it makes you feel any better, I think this is where we are headed because as you correctly point out DRM doesn’t really work. The future is cheap trash produced almost for free by AI, crowdsourced filler like TikTok, or ads and propaganda funded by someone other than the consumer to push a message. The period from the birth of recorded media to the birth of easy digital reproduction will be remembered as this weird golden age when massive amounts of incredible recorded art, film, and music were produced because there was an economic model for it. I used to have the “information wants to be free” view until I saw how much effort goes into producing any form of media of any quality. It’s not easy or cheap at all and if it’s not funded it won’t happen.

yunwal 3y ago
> You’re saying it’s better to have no high quality media at all than to have any form of DRM? I get your point, but there’s plenty of high quality media produced without financial incentive or with alternate funding schemes (donations, gov grants, patronage). I think hyperbole weakens the argument here.