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How Effective is DRM?
CNET News is reporting that the copy protected album Contraband by Velvet Revolver is topping the U.S. charts - the first DRM protected CD to do so. Bear in mind that this is the copy protection that can be disabled by holding down the shift key on your keyboard while inserting the disk. Has it had a big impact on piracy? I was able to download working MP3 copies of the songs on the album from gnutella in less time than it would take to drive to the store, buy the CD, and drive home. They have, apparently, managed to annoy some Apple customers with the DRM though.
[Posted at 06/18/2004 12:03 PM by David K. Levine on DRM 
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Cory Doctorow on DRM
A nice talk given by Cory Doctorow to Microsoft assesses the technology, ethics and economics of digital rights management. This quote summarizes things nicely
No Sony customer woke up one morning and said, "Damn, I wish Sony would devote some expensive engineering effort in order that I may do less with my music."
[Posted at 06/18/2004 11:21 AM by David K. Levine on DRM comments(0)]
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