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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/never-drm.md b/content/blog/2024/never-drm.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..247eefa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/never-drm.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ ++++ +title = "Never invest in DRM-ed content" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-07-29T01:25:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +abstract = "DRM is a fools investement" ++++ + +When I was young and dumb, I bought a few movies on iTunes. +I can still access them, at least as long as I have my AppleTV (which is at its last days). +But I will never invest in an Apple Device unless Tim Cook resigns and someone makes a 180° for the company. + +I **bought** them, but I don't own them. +All of this is because of DRM. +And breaking DRM is a crime, as per DMCA. + +In a completely unrelated news, Louis Rossmann talks about people loosing access to their bought online content. + +{{< yt "RtTdOBCLsyo" >}} +Redbox revokes access to ALL PURCHASED MOVIES & TV: Piracy is COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED! +{{< /yt >}} + +It's not that I am against digital purchases, but they need to be **[purchases](/blog/2023/digital-ownership/)**. +Not a file poisoned by DRM, which removes any ownership. + +As with most of the modern digital media, the crime is the only way forward. +If you want to pay for something, be it on Steam of iTunes, you need to break the DRM. + +But the solution is simple: never buy anything that has any form of DRM. +It's better to subscribe to something like Netflix. +It still sucks, but at least they don't lie in your face. + +The better solution: purchase directly from authors (if there is an option) and download illegal copies of anything else. +You can _share_ them with your friends! +For this you need to buy hardware that is not locked, so no consoles or popular mobile phones - which is an additional plus! + +Also: don't call it piracy, this word implies that you made something immoral. +Pirates murdered people! |