[Leaplist] Cory Doctorow, to Microsoft, on "Why DRM is bad"

[patrick]

Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thursday 01 November 2007 11:52, patrick wrote:
>> Favorite quotes:
>>
>> If you don't build the player that accepts everyones records, "Someone
>> will do it"!

Personal responsibility on the part of the author or mechanic enforces
the terms of the work contract.

"Rainbow", a band, released an album on the Internet, on the Honor
system.  They had not renewed any contract with the "Record Lables".

Report is that they made $10 million in the first ten days.

ebooks could do as well.

But, did you read the entire lecture?  The focus was upon how much
technology blossoms when the DRM is non-existent or eliminated.  Example
was the large laser disk DRM that was over-turned by Courts and
Congress, for the sake of society in their use of Video recorders to
time shift.

That became an industry that generated hundreds of Billions over 30
years for innovators.