Posted by Jim Higgins on 10/04/06 21:44

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:36:17 +0100, ViNNY <vinny@noemail.org> wrote:

>Doug Jacobs wrote:
>> In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 ViNNY <vinny@noemail.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It's actually more like if you rented the chair, and then tried to use
>>>it in a way not permitted by the rental agreement.
>>
>>
>> Well, then would you bother renting a chair where the rental agreement
>> detailed such things like:
>> * Where the chair could be placed, and once placed, could never be moved.
>> * Forbids you "modifying" the chair in any fashion - such as putting a
>> cushion on it.
>> * Only allows you to sit on the chair - not your friends or family, only
>> you.
>> * Insists that if you want to sit in a different room, you MUST rent
>> another chair specifically for that room.
>> * Allows the rental company to come into your house - by whatever means
>> the company deems necessary - to inspect their chair.
>>
>> That's exactly the sort of things the media companies hope to accomplish
>> with DRM.
>
>What if that was the only kind of chair in the world? Would you rather
>be without?

That's not the real question. The real question is "Why would anyone
buy DRM crippled crap when doing so simply makes it more aceptable?"
Refuse to buy hardware and software crippled by DRM and DRM will die.

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