Forum: OT


Subject: Be afraid, Be VERY afraid...

Charlie_Tuna opened this issue on Mar 05, 2003 ยท 26 posts


lmckenzie posted Thu, 06 March 2003 at 2:05 AM

Attached Link: http://www.epic.org/privacy/drm/

Think that's bad? "DRM systems may also be designed to actually harm a user's system. One product in particular, InTether Point-to-Point, can impose "penalties" for "illegal" uses of files. The program can force a reboot of the user's computer or destroy the file that the user was attempting to access. A Celine Dion album released in 2002 by EPIC and Sony records can crash a user's computer if the disc is inserted in a CD-ROM drive" If you can afford to grease enough palms in Washington, you can do anything.

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