Everyone who knows about DRM knows it’s nothing more than an end run on fair use. If section 1201 applied to patents, nobody would be allowed to own a wrench or screwdriver because they might have been used to make and sell copies of the latest automobiles.
These industry groups promised the US congress “exciting new media products, “if only DRM were protected by law”. And of course, what they really meant by new products was the burglary of fair use from the public, and the packaging and resale of these stolen uses at a fee.
Now it gets even more fun for the consumer:
This, however, is merely the tip of the iceberg. If I read the recent articles correctly, new DRM by Cryptology Research, “protecting digital media” would also blatantly overstep the 5th (and 14th) amendments of the US constitution.
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