Digital Rights Management has so far been touted as the saviour of big media, forcing us hoi polloi to do as we're told. That's bad for us hoi polloi.
Government and corporations will increasingly digitise and consolidate the data they hold about us, as citizens and consumers etc.. That's potentially bad, too, if inaccurate or badly managed. The Data Protection Act does give me some rights to discover what stuff is collected, what for, and so on, but I'd be happier if I had the right to control that data *before* its use. Give me DRM that grants that right now, before the crackers feed the spammers my entire financial and medical history...
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