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DMCA 1201 should be reversed and DRM itself should be illegal.

by shmerl 2y ago

CamperBob2 2y ago
DRM shouldn't be illegal, but works protected by DRM should be ineligible for copyright protection unless a key is placed in escrow somewhere. Basically, rightsholders should be be able to choose enforceable legal protection or unbreakable technological protection, but not both. Copyright was supposed to be a two-way street, but DRM permanently barricades one lane.
- shmerl 2y ago
  That makes some sense, I'd say using DRM should void copyright completely, keys or not. I.e. if they want to go out of the way with invasive anti-user measures, they should lose any legal protection against copying of that stuff. It should also drive home the idea that DRM will be broken anyway and they'll be just left with nothing, so let them stick to copyright itself without all that DRM garbage.
- snvzz 2y ago
  >should be be able to choose enforceable legal protection or unbreakable technological protection No. The latter would effectively mean rightsholders make their own laws, rather than follow the law. DRM should simply be abolished, as it interferes with the premise of copyright: To grow the public domain.
  - p0w3n3d 2y ago
    yeah, 105 years later we finally have a disney's a mickey mouse, but they still put the ears in every gadget to prolong it as a trademark. TBH I can see now how the conglomerates created by buying smaller studios by big fish start owning everything. They've divided the market by themselves, and now they are rising their prices. Meanwhile I cannot make a screenshot of my favourite cartoon to create a meme, because of "copy protection". But I have right to do it you now? It's written in law in my country (Poland) that I can have small pieces recorded down, screenshotted etc, as long as I am doing some creative work on it, or just keep it to myself. THIS IS THE LAW HERE. And it's being ignored.
  - shmerl 2y ago
    The point is that they are already effectively making their own laws through DMCA 1201 being a loophole that allows them to negate constitutional rights and fair use. So making DRM void copyright would be still an improvement over current status quo. But I agree, DRM should just be illegal in the first place.

DMCA 1201 should be reversed and DRM itself should be illegal.

by shmerl 2y ago

DMCA 1201 should be reversed and DRM itself should be illegal.

DRM shouldn't be illegal, but works protected by DRM should be ineligible for copyright protection unless a key is placed in escrow somewhere. Basically, rightsholders should be be able to choose enforceable legal protection or unbreakable technological protection, but not both. Copyright was supposed to be a two-way street, but DRM permanently barricades one lane.

shmerl 2y ago
That makes some sense, I'd say using DRM should void copyright completely, keys or not. I.e. if they want to go out of the way with invasive anti-user measures, they should lose any legal protection against copying of that stuff. It should also drive home the idea that DRM will be broken anyway and they'll be just left with nothing, so let them stick to copyright itself without all that DRM garbage.
snvzz 2y ago
>should be be able to choose enforceable legal protection or unbreakable technological protection No. The latter would effectively mean rightsholders make their own laws, rather than follow the law. DRM should simply be abolished, as it interferes with the premise of copyright: To grow the public domain.
- p0w3n3d 2y ago
  yeah, 105 years later we finally have a disney's a mickey mouse, but they still put the ears in every gadget to prolong it as a trademark. TBH I can see now how the conglomerates created by buying smaller studios by big fish start owning everything. They've divided the market by themselves, and now they are rising their prices. Meanwhile I cannot make a screenshot of my favourite cartoon to create a meme, because of "copy protection". But I have right to do it you now? It's written in law in my country (Poland) that I can have small pieces recorded down, screenshotted etc, as long as I am doing some creative work on it, or just keep it to myself. THIS IS THE LAW HERE. And it's being ignored.
- shmerl 2y ago
  The point is that they are already effectively making their own laws through DMCA 1201 being a loophole that allows them to negate constitutional rights and fair use. So making DRM void copyright would be still an improvement over current status quo. But I agree, DRM should just be illegal in the first place.