Doesn't DRM technically violate copyright law? I mean, according to copyright law, if you alter the work from the original source to its destination, such as wrapping it in DRM, that is a violation of the copyright. You're not paying for the DRM, and DRM does alter the way the copyrighted work is viewed. So shouldn't the owner have to copyright the work and the DRMed work so it can cover its own ass, when it is whining that someone is stealing its "intellectual" property?
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Garst @ Jul 4th 2008 9:35PM
Doesn't DRM technically violate copyright law? I mean, according to copyright law, if you alter the work from the original source to its destination, such as wrapping it in DRM, that is a violation of the copyright. You're not paying for the DRM, and DRM does alter the way the copyrighted work is viewed. So shouldn't the owner have to copyright the work and the DRMed work so it can cover its own ass, when it is whining that someone is stealing its "intellectual" property?