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Ethics aren't ethics if they can be abandoned for simple expediency.



I'm not convinced that the "ethics" surrounding content protection are so cut and dry (I'm ignoring malware masked add DRM here as i don't believe or applies). I wish that Hollywood would get with the times. I wish they would give me affordable and reasonable mediums with which to watch their content.

That said, i recognize that it is their content, and i don't think that their methods here make them "bad" or "evil". I think they're dinosaurs who are slow to change and afraid of losing money.

I don't think this is a moral issue, nor do i believe that we have an inaliable right to watch Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones.


You don't think that rent seeking is an ethical issue?


I do, but I think it goes a level up. It's the political system that needs to change. I fully expect companies to use what means they have available to them in order to improve their business (to a point). I'n also not saying that they don't do anything unethical, I was speaking to the general idea of protecting their investment as it applies to DRM in your browser.




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