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No. You fail to understand that DRM as practiced by Sony et al is just one application. In one way, it's understandable if you had not been exposed to the academic literature early enough, because after a certain point, political activism, popular accounts, and corporate literature swamp anything more academic and general. DRM is always about policing others by invading their digital space. Or about voluntarily givin…
> You fail to understand that DRM as practiced by Sony et al is just one application. They created the term and they polluted it for good. Trying to whitewash it now serves no useful purpose except causing confusion. If you want to talk about concepts of protecting your personal information - just use another term, otherwise misunderstanding is guaranteed (like above). > popularized usage of terms No, it was you who…
Again proof that you have no familiarity with the abstract concepts or its history, prior to the popularized furor. Nor do you care or are particularly curious, or are capable of processing the logical implications of such new information.
No, it was you who tried to create your own interpretation of DRM which differs from what its designers put into it.
Let me assure you that the designers of DRM had the other interpretations in mind the whole time. You are basically arguing for your own ignorance.
don't expect anyone to understand you.
In other words, I should expect only uninformed rubes on the Internet.