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  • Is DRM jeopardizing our cultural heritage?

    Is DRM jeopardizing our cultural heritage?

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    Romano McBride
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    Thanks to restoration, reproduction and conservation technologies, we have hundreds and in some cases thousands of years worth of cultural assets available. Old books, sheet music or stage plays can be enjoyed by consumers or used by researchers to learn more about a bygone era. We can even look at cave paintings from tens of…

  • To get away with planned obsolescence, just call it DRM

    To get away with planned obsolescence, just call it DRM

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    by

    Romano McBride
    in

    The idea that customers just “license” software products instead of owning them has manifested and I see a daunting development in the consumer electronics world that could potentially lead to products becoming obsolete because the associated software is deemed obsolete by the manufacturer.