Drm (digital Rights Management)

[Msterbeau]

I'm seeing a lot of news about this, primarily as it applies to Apple's iTunes and iPod... but it certainly it applies to a wide range of potential content/hardware situations. I don't remember seeing a discussion about this.

So... Is DRM a reasonable way to secure content against piracy? Are there ways to do it that are OK and ways that overstep what you think is reasonable? Should it exist at all? Should companies be allowed to own both a content channel and the playing device? Should they be able to lock those to each other to the exclusion of competitive products? Should they make it easy or free to circumvent such technology?

Proceed...

[Scary Guy]

DRM = Trusted computing

They do not trust you

DRM = Bad for you