[Infowarrior] - Microsoft DRM Locks You Out Of Your Own Documents

[Richard Forno]

Microsoft DRM Locks You Out Of Your Own Documents
from the reason-number-6495884672-why-DRM-sucks dept
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?

http://techdirt.com/articles/20091214/0005017331.shtml