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This is a property rights issue. If you sell somebody something, they own it. Extending the old-school boxed software "licensing" model to everything on earth
by tessierashpool 12y ago
This is a property rights issue. If you sell somebody something, they own it.
Extending the old-school boxed software "licensing" model to everything on earth which contains a computer undermines the basic concept of property rights. The result is a bizarre neo-feudalism where corporations own everything and people just lease it.
It's your car, you own it, the end.
- ChikkaChiChi 12y agoThis week I've now read about Car DRM, Coffeemaker DRM, and CAT LITTER DRM. It seems the ship has sailed on what the public will tolerate. I want to go home now. This is depressing.
- dalke 12y agoOwning doesn't mean having absolute control. For example, if you own land on the California coast, you may be prohibited from shutting down public access to the coastline. If you own a house, you may be prohibited from kicking out renters. "Neo-feudalism" has an interesting observation. In Sweden, Norway, and Finland there is still a "freedom to roam." A land owner can't simply prohibit people from entering to go hiking, pick berries or mushrooms, camp overnight, etc. These countries also didn't have feudalism. One conjecture is that there's a meaningful connection between the two. The idea of "you own it, the end" may itself be neo-feudalism.