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Friday, July 25, 2008

Ars to DRM: We're Not Pro-Piracy, We're Just Not Dumb as Rocks

That line from this Ars Technica article, discussing the fact that the Yahoo! Music Store customers will have the music tracks purchased from their site rendered obsolete when they take their DRM license key servers offline on September 30, 2008. Most of you probably remember when Microsoft did the same thing a couple months ago, then backed off after the consumer outrage that followed, agreeing to keep their DRM servers active through 2011. Google Video went through the exact same issue a year ago with its online store, but at least they agreed to provide full refunds to their customers. What do all these situations add up to? The Ars Technica headline says it all: DRM Still Sucks. And similar to Ars, the Digital Freedom Campaign is not pro-piracy, as some would like you to believe, we're just not dumb as rocks.

posted by Digital Freedom Campaign # 8:56 AM

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