{"id":184,"date":"2007-05-09T19:09:37","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T18:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/09\/why-extending-copyright-is-bad\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T13:32:34","slug":"why-extending-copyright-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/09\/why-extending-copyright-is-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why extending copyright is bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking back, I have mentioned DRM a few times, and how I don&#8217;t like it \u2013 it&#8217;s only there to let other people be able to control what we can do with stuff we buy for ourself. And to extort as much money from us as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\u00a0the thought behind DRM may be well meant, all I&#8217;ve seen of it is misuse. One other thing that is good, but made bad, is the misuse of copyright. 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