A Voice of Sanity: Consumers are not = Criminals

By technologyexpert

Yes, there is still more Sony DRM news today. The first Trojan Horse written with the Sony DRM has appeared.

Meanwhile, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is collecting information from people regarding the Sony DRM … if you have something to add, here’s the webpage.

Finally, Microsoft is starting to take a look at this issue.

Today, a voice of sanity. A spokesman for the BEUC, an association representing consumer lobbies across Europe, said today “Private consumers … are not criminals and to portray them as such is insulting and counter productive”.

More details at Yahoo! News.

Yes, this is the big problem with DRM and copy protection in my mind. It assumes you are going to try to illegally copy the content. Let’s face it, it’s the minority that will do this. The vast majority will not, and should not be penalized for the actions of a few.

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