If Gucci had DRM

Cory Doctorow 7:32 pm Tue Jun 26, 2007

I appear as a minor character in this delightful short-short sf story from Derrik's Short Science Fiction Stories blog:

June 2015
Gucci is announcing their line of DRM-free clothes today. These threads can be worn an infinite number of times, anytime of the year. If you happen to have multiple closets, these DRM-free clothes can be moved to and from your different closets.

Some privacy concerns have arisen from these new clothes. It seems that Gucci embeds your full user name onto the tag of whatever article of clothing is bought DRM-free. Some say this is to identify the clothes, should knock offs start to arise in the black market.

Current presidential candidate for the American Pirate Party, Cory Doctorow, has this to say, "Technology giveth, technology taketh away. Just as radio destroyed the vaudeville paradigm and the internet destroyed the old record industry, nano-fabs are turning the design and clothing market on its head. They (Design companies) should be creating a service model for their designers, instead of suing high school girls."

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