“Digital files cannot be made uncopyable, any more than water can be made not wet.”
The Futility of Digital Copy Prevention, Schneier, Bruce, 2001-05-15, Cryptogram newsletter, 2006-09-08 http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0105.html#3, <br class="br">Digital Rights Management
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