DRM: The Fight Against Posterity

[snowmit]

Check out this article on Ars Technica about law prof. Patricia Akester’s study examining the effects of DRM on the legal use of copyrighted works. As you’re reading it, bear in mind that due to laws similar to the DMCA all over the world, it is often illegal to bypass DRM encryption, even if copyright law allows you to make a copy.

Why is this

Comments

[calamityjake]

What if "posterity" were "the act of being a poster"?

it's the sort of thing that comes up!

[ringthebells]

Last time I read a post about digital storage, it was at a parenting blog!
http://www.askmoxie.org/2008/02/alisons-take-on.html

DRM schemes make it illegal for archivists to do their jobs.

This looks to me like a serious problem. :(