An Open Letter to Microsoft - Why you shouldn't kill FairUse4WM

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Lee @ Aug 27th 2006 1:51PM

Hey darkbird, there is no DRM law. There are standards that have been set up, and technically this isn't breaking any of those standards. There is nothing that says that the DRM cannot be removed by the customer to ensure usefulness. Do you remove the tags off your clothes? It is the same situation - those tags ensure the clothes are purchased instead of stolen, and those tags MUST stay in place until delivered to the consumer. Once you own the shirt, does the tag matter anymore? DRM, like those price/description tags, definitely hinders ease of use. Yes, the ability to remove DRM leaves record labels open to pirating, but oh well. As said earlier, there will ALWAYS be piracy. Make the protection smarter and the pirates will get smarter too.

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