Digital rights champion, Cory Doctrow, has rejoined the EFF as part of an effort to eliminate the use of digital rights management (DRM) in modern technology. DRM locks down digital goods in an effort to stop digital piracy, but the increased security also results in lower quality products for consumers and slower innovation. Corynne McSherry, EFF Intellectual Property Director has this to say: “We’ve seen DRM misused again and again, whether it’s to thwart competition in printer-ink cartridges, to prevent videogame fans from modifying their consoles, or to block consumers from reading the parts’ specifications on their own cars,”
Doctrow seeks to fight against technology that uses spyware to stop people from running the ‘wrong’ code, and give users control over their own technology.
