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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 2389692" data-attributes="member: 12332">Copyright, Intellectual Property, Fair Use, &quot;Content&quot; ... oi.&nbsp; It's the computer world all over again.There's a strong push in the corporate sector for more control over content that they've provided to users.&nbsp; You buy a DVD of a movie, but that DVD is region-locked (no purpose other than to discourage cheap piracy from China), DVD-decoders for computers are being squashed by the hollywood legal engine (both commercial and freeware), the movie industry wants broadcast flags stuffed into all TV so that devices like TiVo and your neighbor's MythTV box can't record movies onto hard-drive from the Television.&nbsp; DRMs on everything you touch, these days, from PDFs to MP3s to images.Apparently the gaming industry is going there as well.&nbsp; Hrmmmmm ... A PRM on my RPG books (Physical Rights Management)?&nbsp; Where will it end?&nbsp; Where will it END?!But I think it'll generally be a non-issue.--fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 2389692, member: 12332"] Copyright, Intellectual Property, Fair Use, "Content" ... oi. It's the computer world all over again. There's a strong push in the corporate sector for more control over content that they've provided to users. You buy a DVD of a movie, but that DVD is region-locked (no purpose other than to discourage cheap piracy from China), DVD-decoders for computers are being squashed by the hollywood legal engine (both commercial and freeware), the movie industry wants broadcast flags stuffed into all TV so that devices like TiVo and your neighbor's MythTV box can't record movies onto hard-drive from the Television. DRMs on everything you touch, these days, from PDFs to MP3s to images. Apparently the gaming industry is going there as well. Hrmmmmm ... A PRM on my RPG books (Physical Rights Management)? Where will it end? Where will it END?! But I think it'll generally be a non-issue. --fje [/QUOTE]

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