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Corporations claim that DRM is necessary to fight copyright infringement online and keep consumers safe from viruses. But there's no evidence that DRM helps fight either of those. Instead DRM helps big business stifle innovation and competition by making it easy to quash "unauthorized" uses of media and technology. DRM has proliferated thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), which sought to outlaw any attempt to bypass DRM. Fans shouldn't be treated like criminals, and companies shouldn't get an automatic veto over user choice and innovation. EFF has led the effort to free the iPhone and other smartphones, is working to uncover and explain the restrictions around new hardware and software, has fought for the right to make copies of DVDs, and sued Sony-BMG for their "rootkit" CD copy-protection scheme. 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That's DRM.</li> <li>Bought a video game but can't play it today because the manufacturer's "authentication servers" are offline? That's DRM.</li> <li>Bought a smartphone but can't use the applications or the service provider you want on it? That's DRM.</li> <li>Bought a DVD or Blu-Ray but can't copy the video onto your portable media player? That's DRM.</li> </ul> <p>Corporations claim that DRM is necessary to fight copyright infringement online and keep consumers safe from viruses. But there's no evidence that DRM helps fight either of those. Instead DRM helps big business stifle innovation and competition by making it easy to quash "unauthorized" uses of media and technology.</p> <p>DRM has proliferated thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA), which sought to outlaw any attempt to bypass DRM.</p> <p>Fans shouldn't be treated like criminals, and companies shouldn't get an automatic veto over user choice and innovation. 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The answer is actually pretty simple: monopolies, weird laws, and companies exploiting their users for profit. If this sounds mildly infuriating and makes you...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/lets-answer-question-why-printer-ink-so-expensive" rel="tag" title="Let's Answer the Question: "Why is Printer Ink So Expensive?"">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Let's Answer the Question: "Why is Printer Ink So Expensive?"</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/looking-answer-question-do-i-really-own-digital-media-i-paid"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/og-digitaldownloads.jpg?itok=wmhgjQQV" width="500" height="250" alt="Record player on top of a bookshelf with colorful music notes above it." /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/christian-romero-0">Christian Romero</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | November 26, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/looking-answer-question-do-i-really-own-digital-media-i-paid" rel="bookmark">Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/looking-answer-question-do-i-really-own-digital-media-i-paid?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">There’s quite a few rights you give up by purchasing a digital copy of your favorite game, movie, or album! On Digital Rights Bytes we outline the differences between owning physical and digital media, and why we need to break down that barrier.</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/looking-answer-question-do-i-really-own-digital-media-i-paid" rel="tag" title="Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Looking for the Answer to the Question, "Do I Really Own the Digital Media I Paid For?"</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-apple-let-users-choose-their-software-apple-nah"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/apple-worm.png?itok=29wAzQYV" width="500" height="250" alt="the standard apple logo in silver, with a cartoonish green worm poking through it on each side" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/cory-doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | October 28, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-apple-let-users-choose-their-software-apple-nah" rel="bookmark">EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"><ul class="links"><li class="es first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-apple-let-users-choose-their-software-apple-nah?language=es" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li> </ul></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>This year, a far-reaching, complex new piece of legislation comes into effect in EU: <u><a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/adoption-dsadma-notre-analyse">the Digital Markets Act</a></u> (DMA), which represents some of the most ambitious tech policy in European history. We don’t love everything in the DMA, but some of its provisions are <i>great</i>,<i> </i>because they center the...</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/10/eu-apple-let-users-choose-their-software-apple-nah" rel="tag" title="EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/06/disability-rights-are-technology-rights"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/wheelchair-drm-2b.png?itok=rjGEpjgP" width="500" height="250" alt="Wheelchair icon where person fixes their wheelchair" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/cory-doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a></span> <span class="node-date"> | October 24, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/06/disability-rights-are-technology-rights" rel="bookmark">Disability Rights Are Technology Rights</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">During Disability Employee Awareness month, we call out the medical tech industry for fighting disabled people's right to repair or modify the tech that they own.</div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/06/disability-rights-are-technology-rights" rel="tag" title="Disability Rights Are Technology Rights">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Disability Rights Are Technology Rights</span></a></li> </ul> </article> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd views-row-last"><article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <div class="field field--name-field-banner-graphic field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><div class="teaser-thumbnail"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/prison-banned-books-week-being-jail-shouldnt-mean-having-nothing-read"><img src="https://www.eff.org/files/styles/teaser/public/banner_library/googlebooks-a.png?itok=Ae_JFGRr" width="500" height="250" alt="Google Books Privacy" title="Google Books Privacy" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="node-content-type-byline blog"><a href="/updates?type=blog">Deeplinks Blog</a> <span class="node-author"> by <a href="/about/staff/will-greenberg">Will Greenberg</a>, Brendan Gilligan</span> <span class="node-date"> | September 19, 2024</span> </div> <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/deeplinks/2024/09/prison-banned-books-week-being-jail-shouldnt-mean-having-nothing-read" rel="bookmark">Prison Banned Books Week: Being in Jail Shouldn’t Mean Having Nothing to Read</a></h3> </header> <div class="node__content"> <div class="eff-translation-links"></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Across the United States, nearly every state’s prison system offers some form of tablet access to incarcerated people, many of which boast of sizable libraries of eBooks. Knowing this, one might assume that access to books is on the rise for incarcerated folks. Unfortunately, this is not the case. 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