While more of an overview of the many problems with copy protection, Harry McCracken offers some fascinating evidence and arguments against the practice.
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| I used to think that the name of the Free Software Foundation’s DefectiveByDesign.org anti-copy protection campaign was a tad hyperbolic. These days, I’m not so sure. So much copy protection has caused so many headaches for so many people who just want to use the products they’ve bought for legitimate purposes that it’s hard to come to any conclusion but this one: Copy protection by its very definition makes the products it’s applied to worse. Almost all of it is basically disrespectful to paying customers; almost none of it truly prevents pirates from doing what they will. |
25 Arguments for the Elimination of Copy Protection was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon