Wednesday, November 07, 2007

MLB Fans Who Bought DRM Videos Get Hosed

When will people learn.

If you buy something with DRM, you're not really "buying "it no matter what the price, or official "terms".
You are essentially "renting" it and they can "evict" you at any time, for any reason.

Slashdot | MLB Fans Who Bought DRM Videos Get Hosed

also at ..Baseball's DRM change strikes

Last year, the US Copyright Office considered—and then rejected—an exception to the DMCA that would give consumers in this sort of predicament some recourse. Under the proposed exception, those stuck with busted DRM schemes would have had the right to bypass the DRM. As it stands instead, paying customers are at the whims of content providers and whatever DRM clearinghouse they happen to be using at the time. It's no wonder so many sports fan turn to BitTorrent for game footage.

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