Comments on: Will Apple’s stance on DRM affect Canadian law? http://www.saunderslog.com/2009/01/07/will-apples-stance-on-drm-affect-canadian-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=will-apples-stance-on-drm-affect-canadian-law An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2009/01/07/will-apples-stance-on-drm-affect-canadian-law/#comment-7452 Alec Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:20:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2009/01/07/will-apples-stance-on-drm-affect-canadian-law/#comment-7452 I think software is a different beast, and one needs to look at the software and the use case for it. Server software really should be licensed to a specific device while end user software may be usable on multiple devices. The nature of software is that it is installed on a device, and usually movable from one device to another, and licensing terms are flexible enough in most cases to accommodate that. Not only that, but a particular piece of software can often be replaced by a similar piece. If you don't like the licensing terms on one, go find one with terms more suited to your tastes. In short, I don't have many objections to reasonable rights management on software. It doesn't impact me. It took the software industry more than a decade to figure this out, and the entertainment industry is making all the same mistakes. I think software is a different beast, and one needs to look at the software and the use case for it. Server software really should be licensed to a specific device while end user software may be usable on multiple devices.

The nature of software is that it is installed on a device, and usually movable from one device to another, and licensing terms are flexible enough in most cases to accommodate that. Not only that, but a particular piece of software can often be replaced by a similar piece. If you don't like the licensing terms on one, go find one with terms more suited to your tastes.

In short, I don't have many objections to reasonable rights management on software. It doesn't impact me. It took the software industry more than a decade to figure this out, and the entertainment industry is making all the same mistakes.

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