On 05/18/2014 03:22 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
On 5/18/2014 2:15 PM, Gary Dale wrote:If packaging prevents me from using a product for a purpose that I am legally entitled to use it for then I have a right to demand that the packaging be changed. DRM prevents not just my use on platforms that they don't support but also to make fair use of the product.Can you show where that is occurring now? If not, your argument is without merit.
The entire thing has become an "Unmarked Helicopters" issue. Besides, far worse tricks were pulled in the 80's regarding anti-copying of floppies. Ways were found around almost over-night. Yoho. :/ Ric
-- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. https://linuxcounter.net/cert/44256.png X-oldie-warning: Toothless but still vicious