Why Use DRM If It Doesn't Work?
Ernest Miller,
Copyfight,
May 07, 2004
OK, I've felt like a pretty lonely voice with this argument, but somebody agrees with me: DRM isn't about the money, "it's all about the control." That's why, according to this author, DRM works for companies even if it doesn't succeed it protecting content - it provides the legimacy and support for a network in which content producers maintain legal control over the use of the material produced. "Content owners don't like fair use. If they could, they would ban every bad review, critical comment or parody. Soon-to-retire MPAA president Jack Valenti has been wont to say 'What is fair use? Fair use is not a law. There's nothing in law.' DRM is great at inhibiting fair use."
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