The one problem I see with this entry is this: 'keeping users from doing with their content what they please'. That's factually incorrect (not to mention grammatically awkward), unless it is something they themselves created. Instead, it should refer to the license to use the content in the product. In fact, you are saying that the actual owners of the content (the creators/distributors who license it for use) cannot do what they please with it, but the licensees should be able to. It's the same license to drive analogy: while you can be given a license to drive, it does not entitle you to drive in an unlawful way. But in that analogy, there's a big difference between speeding (which would equal ripping for personal use items that you do own) and, say, drunk driving (stealing content you don't own), although either can and will be enforced vigorously on some streets but not on others. It really comes down to personal beliefs more than if the technology enables you to do something, and deciding whether it's wrong or not.
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Chicksta @ May 24th 2007 12:26PM
The one problem I see with this entry is this: 'keeping users from doing with their content what they please'. That's factually incorrect (not to mention grammatically awkward), unless it is something they themselves created. Instead, it should refer to the license to use the content in the product. In fact, you are saying that the actual owners of the content (the creators/distributors who license it for use) cannot do what they please with it, but the licensees should be able to. It's the same license to drive analogy: while you can be given a license to drive, it does not entitle you to drive in an unlawful way. But in that analogy, there's a big difference between speeding (which would equal ripping for personal use items that you do own) and, say, drunk driving (stealing content you don't own), although either can and will be enforced vigorously on some streets but not on others. It really comes down to personal beliefs more than if the technology enables you to do something, and deciding whether it's wrong or not.