{"id":5657,"date":"2016-04-11T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5657"},"modified":"2016-03-23T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:35:07","slug":"linked-drm-is-evil-part-8492","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/04\/11\/linked-drm-is-evil-part-8492\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;DRM Is Evil, Part 8,492&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20160307\/07264233819\/drm-is-evil-part-8492-nook-pulls-out-uk-exploring-options-to-let-people-retain-access-to-least-some-books.shtml\">via TechDirt<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Of course, this is hardly a new phenomenon. Remember when Microsoft had a DRM it called &#8220;PlaysForSure&#8221;? And remember when it shut down those servers, blocking people from ever moving that content to new machines? Or how about when Scholastic shut down its Storia DRM&#8217;d book offering, meaning parents who purchased ebooks for their kids had digital pixie dust instead. Or when Rhapsody\/RealNetworks killed off an old DRM, killing off access to songs people had legitimately paid to access. Or when digital comics company JManga shut down and with it took down access to purchased content. And remember when Adobe changed its DRM and made old ebooks obsolete?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>DRM benefits rights holders and the corporations selling you content. The consumer never benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via TechDirt: Of course, this is hardly a new phenomenon. 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