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Mistress-Kee...	Date: October 20, 2006 @ 9:15 AM DRM is the latest copy-protection methodology now being deployed by most of the major recording companies. But it is more than just copy-protection. It is an invasive monitoring of your computer activity, and according to one account which I have read, some DRM applications can actually render a user's system completely useless. As a musician myself, member of a family of musicians, and member of the musical community at large, I care about protecting the rights of musicians. When you or I earn a royalty payment, we receive recompense for the effort we have put into making music. Nobody wants to lose their earnings. But I am strongly opposed to methodologies that secretly invade the privacy of honest people who spend their earnings buying the music we make in the hope of catching the thieves that steal our music. DRM is Defective By Design. I hope you will take the time to read, and consider signing the petition to Bono to oppose DRM through the government. http://defectivebydesign.org/en/petition/bonopetition Thank you. End of rant.
ChillinBuzz	Date: December 13, 2006 @ 11:46 AM DRM, RIAA, Major label business plans, my toilet, all defective by design
Tallisman	Date: December 18, 2006 @ 11:06 PM If I am not mistaking, Sony was revisiting this method as they were facing some type of civil action lawsuit. Has anyone heard more about this?
Opossum	Date: December 19, 2006 @ 4:18 AM On 13th Dec 2009, ChillinBuzz said: DRM, RIAA, Major label business plans, my toilet, all defective by design Yep, every toilet of every place I've been to in the last ten years or so has a "defective-by-design" toilet. The present one, you have to hold the button down or it will just keep going all day. The last one shot out a foot of water upon every flush, and the one before that made odd whistling and hissing sounds at random moments during the day as it hit partial fill mode, and the one before that would randomly seem to partially flush itself at odd times. Lately, I've noticed that a lot of plumbing elements seem to be made out of thin, cheap plastic compared to the long-lasting brass and copper of years ago and they sometimes disinigrate after only a few weeks. As for business plans, it's primarily moot in that regard. What inherent flaw will be the most problematic first, and for how long...and, will the majority people actually notice and/or complain even if they do notice?
Opossum	Date: December 19, 2006 @ 4:19 AM Majority OF people. Preview, preview.

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