Uncover DRM’s Veil in Different Ways
In the entire discussion on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) there are multiple problems that prevent broader discussion and understanding. One of them is that when talking about “Digital Restrictions Management” (DRM) the eyes of many people simply glaze over, as it is quite a mouthful and sounds technical, a certain attention killer.
The same is true when using the labels that proponents of the technology would like to see people using, ” DRM (drm related: drm converter) ” or “Technological Protection Measures” in particular. The names alone seem to erect a barrier for people to understand how this technology affects their lives in very real ways.
Trying to attract public attention by turning yourself in to the police, as a group of French DRM activists have done, is a good idea. The German consumers organisation vzbv has taken this to a different level by opening a virtual jail for people who admit to have made private copies — a right under German law, but one that is increasingly made illegal by DRM (drm related: remove drm).
But none of this undoes the necessity to explain to “normal” people what DRM is and how it affects all our lives. We can get a details from “a paperback book”, which describes how it would behave if it came with DRM.
Source: Georg Greve’s blog
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