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Originally Posted by iMav
we dont need lessons in ethics from ppl who openly say tht they support piracy 
PS: avoid making such statements |
it was purposely bend to weigh whether I support
Digital Restrictions Management(DRM) or Piracy ?
I have answered piracy!because NO WAY can we expect the imposition of
DRM looting user's rights.
Why I DONT support DRM(you also should):
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Proprietary software going wrong
The limits of proprietary software go beyond the security issue (see our article on source code): today proprietary software interferes with the spread of culture and information. This happens mainly through two technologies:- Digital Restrictions Management 1 (DRM)
The main idea of DRM 1 is to restrict access to files. Users encounter this when, for example, they purchase music through iTunes, and then can only play their music with one player, from one brand. With this method, companies fight copyright infringement, but they also severely restrain users' access to their files.
DRM is control over content
Except that the control is not in the hands of the end-user. The original purpose of DRM is understandable, but the implications over the flow of information and culture within a society are frightening.
- Imagine a book that automatically became glued shut after you read it once.
- Imagine documents that self-destructed if you tried to take them out of the room.
- Imagine telephones that only worked if the person you were ringing was renting the same make and model.
Sounds crazy? This is where Trusted Computing comes in.
- Trusted Computing (TC)
Trusted Computing (sometimes more accurately called "Treacherous Computing") means a computer can only run "Trusted" Software. It is meant to be an uncircumventable protection against nuisances (like viruses or spyware) and copyright violations (people copying proprietary software).
Trusted Computing is control over the computer
The critical thing about Trusted Computing is that you cannot decide what is trustworthy and what is not. For example, your computer might refuse to run programs that are not certified by the software company –programs that could enable you to take documents out of the office, or play your neighbour's DVD, or send your essay to someone not using the same program.
A whole range of possibilities opens up for companies that benefit from restricting your computing (such as proprietary software and recording companies). It is suddenly possible to rent DVDs that only play two times, or music you can only listen to during September, or information you can read but can't save or copy. All of a sudden, Trusted Computing and DRM enable remote control over content.
Trusted Computing, in effect, enables the publisher to write their own copyright law.
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http://www.getgnulinux.org/windows/s..._free_society/
But I am against piracy by any standards.I dont use window$ at all,although I have XP license+cd resting somewhere in my house.
Infact the biggest
hypocrats are those who use pirated window$ and come here to preach M$haft gospel
Infact those who install's OS X 10.5.x from torrents to their PC's and coming here to defend piracy should stfu.
