{"id":705,"date":"2008-10-20T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T14:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/20\/25-arguments-for-the-elimination-of-copy-protection\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:34","slug":"25-arguments-for-the-elimination-of-copy-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/10\/20\/25-arguments-for-the-elimination-of-copy-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Arguments for the Elimination of Copy Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While more of an overview of the many problems with copy protection, Harry McCracken <a href=\"http:\/\/technologizer.com\/2008\/10\/13\/copy-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">offers some fascinating evidence and arguments<\/a> against the practice.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">I used to think that the name of the Free Software Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defectivebydesign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">DefectiveByDesign.org<\/a> anti-copy protection campaign was a tad hyperbolic. These days, I\u2019m not so sure. So much copy protection has caused so many headaches for so many people who just want to use the products they\u2019ve bought for legitimate purposes that it\u2019s hard to come to any conclusion but this one: Copy protection by its very definition makes the products it\u2019s 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/technologizer.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/drm-logo.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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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