An interesting piece from Hiawatha Bray at the Boston Globe, pointing out that SunnComm's technology was not meant to be perfect, but was meant to provide some measure of a barrier that is not overly odious. This is exactly what the iTunes Music Store does.
In light of Hiawatha's article I think that I, and others, were overly critical of what SunnComm tries to achieve with its technology. However, it's still true that the threat to sue the grad student based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was absurd and odious in the extreme, and that was the ultimate basis for my response.
Hiawatha's piece is worth reading if you're interested in following industry trends with respect to DRM.
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