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Why Stupid DRM Might Be Good

posted by janrinok on Thursday March 06 2014, @04:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the cup-too-far dept.

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: 1) by monster on Friday March 07 2014, @06:32AM

    by monster (1260) on Friday March 07 2014, @06:32AM (#12585) Journal

    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.

    Like that time when the "DRM" lock in the iPhone was found to be illegal, leading to users of other smartphones being able to also root them?

    Oh wait...