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squidbidness
11y ago
> In a free democracy there should be no surveillance of innocents I agree with the sentiment, although I might rephrase it as "There should be no surveillance without a warrant," since in some cases you can't know who is
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squidbidness
11y ago
But that can cut both ways. If having DRM on a computer at all is offensive to a user, than having a standard DRM method can make it all the harder to avoid. And I don't think it's a very strong argument that fewer companies roll
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squidbidness
11y ago
The insinuation that opposing DRM has mainly to do with wanting piracy to be easy is a common straw-man. There are many who oppose piracy who also oppose DRM, for very compelling reasons that aren't just limited to edge cases or using