Cory Doctorow on horseshoes and DRM:Question: "But the ability for people to easily make and distribute copies of music and movies is new. Entertainment content providers want to protect themselves with DRM." Doctorow: "Well, locomotives didn't require horseshoes. You know, the blacksmiths might not have liked the fact that locomotives didn't require horseshoes. But if you started a business to outfit locomotives with special horseshoes in order to keep the blacksmiths happy, you probably wouldn't have lasted very long. Likewise, if you're starting a business to outfit phones with special locks that make it hard to copy things in order to make the music industry happy, then you're probably not long for this world." Link
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