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Originally Posted by AdmiralAkbar
And this is another interesting point. Take this case:
So I buy a DVD from Best Buy, and I want to play it on my Laptop's DVD player. Say part of this players DRM protections involve installing some third party software on your computer.. something that you don't want to (not should you be expected to) do. The DVD has already been opened, and is unreturnable. How is this fair?
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that is a shrinkwrap contract question. installing third party software isnt DRM as understood under the DMCA. The DMCA only prevents you from trying to circumvent a "technological measure that effectively controls access to a [copyrighted] work."
DRM is often abused by companies. See adobe using DRM on the public domain work Alice in Wonderland.
IMO the problem isnt the DMCA it is the abusive use of DRM where it isnt protecting anything copyrightable