Well there are the obvious examples from the original article; content that is not available to some people. I think that arts advance society, so preventing some people from being exposed to some art because you "put in the vault" (as in Disney) or "don't want to sell it there" is holding us back.
But, I was actually thinking of things like the VHS/Beta or Blu-Ray/HD DVD where copyright holders had undue influence on the process. Or how long it took music to be come digital and how it is still second rate because of DRM issues. Or weird stuff like HDMI requiring a security layer that puts additional technical challenges in place for engineers.
Or, how the entire internet is twisted and malformed because of copyright laws including things like 3 strikes and you lose you internet access.
But, I was actually thinking of things like the VHS/Beta or Blu-Ray/HD DVD where copyright holders had undue influence on the process. Or how long it took music to be come digital and how it is still second rate because of DRM issues. Or weird stuff like HDMI requiring a security layer that puts additional technical challenges in place for engineers.
Or, how the entire internet is twisted and malformed because of copyright laws including things like 3 strikes and you lose you internet access.