With the DRM revolution yesterday on digg.com, I found myself poring over hours worth of posts and articles, rants and flames, all about the evils of DRM technology. For the uninitiated, DRM, or digital rights management, is a catch all term for technology that prevents the copying or duplication of media files, legal or not. It would be an understatement to say there is a fair amount of resentment of the tactics used by trade organizations like the MPAA and the RIAA to strong arm individuals who oppose copy protection. The debate has recently taken on a dimension much akin to 1970s war protests, sometimes violent, bristling with revolutionary fervor and youthful idealism.
Based on my experience with the computer geek crowd, there may or may not be gratuitous drug use. "Free Love" is unlikely.
For the more tech-savvy or philosophically inclined among you, this treatise , titled "What color are your bits?" provides an interesting take on the peculiarities of copyright law as it relates to digital media. It's a long read, but very well argued.
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