The damage of DRM is even more evident when the context is taken into account.
Excessive rights have been given to rights holders, such that the song "Happy Birthday to You", first published in print in 1912, entered the common domain in the EU this January 2017. 105 Years.
Patents last 20 years to ensure innovation continues. At some point creative works belong to the society that enabled them, not lucky rent seekers.
This makes it hard to keep an archive.
If DRM existed in a world where copyright rules were entirely sane, where would its disadvantages would outweigh its advantages?
Excessive rights have been given to rights holders, such that the song "Happy Birthday to You", first published in print in 1912, entered the common domain in the EU this January 2017. 105 Years.
Patents last 20 years to ensure innovation continues. At some point creative works belong to the society that enabled them, not lucky rent seekers.
This makes it hard to keep an archive.
If DRM existed in a world where copyright rules were entirely sane, where would its disadvantages would outweigh its advantages?