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  • Why Copyright Isn’t Necessary as an Incentive
  • If you don’t like DRM, then do you like patents and copyrights?
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    Why Copyright Isn’t Necessary as an Incentive

    May 4th, 2007 · No Comments

    Thomas Claburn wrote about the Digg rebellion that snubbed copyright law by refusing to censor posts that publicize the processing key to unlock the DRM on HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs. The article is infused with quotes by Gregory Rutchik, which are great, but one of them perpetuates a false idea and I wanted to point [...]

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    Tags: DRM · Law and Economics

    If you don’t like DRM, then do you like patents and copyrights?

    February 20th, 2007 · No Comments

    Steve Jobs was right when he said DRM doesn’t work and is bad for consumers.  I think most people realize that the increase of freedom would improve the market for online music.  Most can’t imagine that eliminating patents would also spark a flurry of innovation and advancement by enabling quicker adoption of new ideas and [...]

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    Tags: DRM