Webcomic: The piracy paradox

Is DRM about protecting creator rights, or forcing you to buy the same media over and over again each time a new format is released? This comic lays out the issue.

The piracy paradox

Is Digital Rights Management about protecting creator rights, or forcing you to buy the same media over and over again each time a new format is released? xkcd lays out the issue.

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Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can a...

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