[FC-discuss] Anil Dash: DRM and Friends

[Rob Myers]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Adi Kamdar <adikamdar at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, with all of that being said, how are privacy settings on social networks
> different than DRM restrictions placed on media content files from
> companies?

How is locking the door to one's home when one goes out different from
being locked in a cell for life?

Privacy settings come from the right to privacy and from freedom to
association. DRM comes from an extreme misunderstanding of copyright
as a form of (wannabe) perpetual property.

Privacy settings are local, controlled by the user, and circumventable
in technology and law. DRM isn't.

Privacy settings are similar to passwords, not to DRM.

- Rob.