Microsoft DRM Locks You Out Of Your Own Documents

Posted by Tux De Luxe at 17:02 15/12/2009
Microsoft DRM Locks You Out Of Your Own Documents: "In case you haven't been paying attention, there's yet to be a good reason put forth for using DRM that I can remember. We've seen over and over again how DRM seems to interfere with legitimate actions, but does nothing at all to slow down 'pirates.' Slashdot points to a rather scary situations for those who used Microsoft Office 2003 to DRM certain documents for their own use. Apparently, a screwup on the part of Microsoft (oops) means that many people got locked out of their own documents. Basically, Microsoft let a certificate expire, and that's made life difficult for lots and lots of people. So what good is DRM again?

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