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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Ben Kamen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bkamen@benjammin.net">bkamen@benjammin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Just keep in mind that when you say you don't mind DRM, you're essentially supporting the problem and eventually<br>
you will probably get burned -- somehow, sometime. Like when that DVD will only play on Brand X and you just bought<br>brand Y -- but Brand Y wasn't part of the consortium. Or you bought a song in iTunes you can't import it to your car's<br>
mp3 player which is 1000 times better than your iPod.<br><br>I realize this is more philosophical than probably needed for this group - but it goes back to what I was saying earlier.<br><br>When people accept being a little controlled... they get... well, really controlled... and are usually not happy about it.<br>
<br>Give them an inch, and suddenly you'll realize they've taken a mile. (In psychology, I believe this is the "Foot in the door" technique.)<br><br>Thus, I personally choose not to support "them" (whoever they may be) monetarily by buying products I know<br>
are part of the problem. DRM is part of the problem.<br><br>As an example (and it's been in talked about enough on the web that it should make people worry),<br><br>If the music industry could, they would charge you a nickel EVERY TIME you hear a song. The SAME song.<br>
<br>That's why they want DRM.<br><br>That bothers me. Maybe I'm the only one.<br><br>Oh well.<br><font color="#888888"><br> -Ben</font>
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<div>You aren't the only one. I think that's why a lot of us are here - and they few people I've helped set up MythTV wanted it in the first place - they wanted a bit more freedom than Windows/Non-FLOSS/Cable Companies give</div>
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