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DRM all summed up in a comic strip

, posted: 14-Oct-2008 05:16

XKCD nailed it again with this succinct description of the DRM dilemma, and the only logical conclusion you can draw from it.


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  • Who I am: Software developer and consultant.

  • What I do: System level programming, Linux/Unix. C, C++, Java, Python, and a long time ago even Assembler.

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