An essay on some copyright problems by John Gilmore of the ElectronicFrontierFoundation (EFF), "What's Wrong With Copy Protection".

* http://www.toad.com/gnu/whatswrong.html

Essentially this is the real-life effect of what LawrenceLessig described in his book CodeAndOtherLawsOfCyberspace.  Whether you like it or not, whether laws prohibit it or not, the manufacturers of hard- and software will dictate what copyright actually means by controlling how copyprotection is implemented.

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