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Content Protection System:
[[A woman sits on a couch watching a large flat-panel television, connected to a box labeled HDMI]]
[[The screen is labeled with "Approved screen"]]
[[The cable is labeled with "Approved connection"]]
[[The HDMI box is labeled with "Approved player"]]
[[The woman's head is labeled with "Approved content"]]
{{alt-text: If you think the purveyors of DRM simply want to protect artists, check out chapters 13 and 14 in Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig. Their goal is the elimination of all culture they don't control.}}
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