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We covered the Keurig's DRM'ed Coffee Pod three days ago, but today Blackmoore provides us with a link to a Cory Doctorow article: Why DRM'ed coffee-pods may be just the awful stupidity we need.
In it, Doctorow argues that this case might conceivably lead someone to initiate legal action which could eventually, given a technically-savvy judge, result in common sense being applied and legal precedent being created. Blackmoore also provides this quote from the article: 'But of all the DRM Death Stars to be unveiled, Keurig's is a pretty good candidate for Battle Station Most Likely to Have a Convenient Thermal Exhaust Port.'"
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Thursday March 06 2014, @04:58PM
Exactly. Those who put their faith in our legal system to rectify a wrong, fail to understand what it is about. It isn't about being right or just or fair or logical. It's about certainty -- the ability to pick a topic, ask "should I do this" and get an answer. Often a very stupid answer.
Now, stupid answers are their own problem, but even worse are the situations in which there isn't an answer. At that point, a lawsuit is basically a ticket to a gambling match where it is impossible to pin exact odds of winning/losing. A very expensive and potentially devastating gambling match in which the worst possible option could very well the ultimate answer.