[sdiy] Lockout / DRM chips?

[Tom Wiltshire]

Yes, this. The problem is rapacious capitalism. Change your government, not your product.

> On 11 Sep 2026, at 12:03, Márton Bertók via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
> 
> How would I modify your hypothethical locked down module in my bedroom without circumventing the DRM or asking for your approval first? I can do that with all currently existing analog gear (Including Behringer ironically.). It seems impossible to only target corporate entities while keeping the doors open for hobbyists and DIY-ers. You’re trying to apply a technological solution to a legal and economic/systemic problem.
> 
>> On 11 Sep 2026, at 11:46, cheater cheater <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM Márton Bertók <marton.bertok at me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This has nothing to do with the “rights of Behringer”, “social justice” or “innovation”. It’s about pushing an anti-DIY cause on the SDIY list. Advocating for any person or committee to decide who gets to play with circuits and who doesn’t goes fundamentally against the spirit of DIY and has no place here in my opinion. But I guess I’m just feeding the troll at this point.
>> 
>> I am not taking away your soldering iron. You can feel free to do
>> anything you want within your bedroom. In fact this is clearly and
>> obviously, already in the very first post, stated as being a measure
>> against overbearing corporate entities. How you read into it that
>> someone wants to stop YOU, yes YOU, from doing anything you want at
>> all, I do not know.
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM cheater cheater
>> <cheater00social at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Some people are upset at the prospect of locking out large
>>> corporations from pushing out smaller manufacturers from the market by
>>> cloning their devices, selling at dumping prices, buying out parts
>>> manufacturers and closing them off from DIYer use (see CoolAudio), and
>>> believe it would be better to not go down that route.
>>> 
>>> The argument is that it would stifle innovation from DIY users.
>>> 
>>> Who's in the right? Who's in the wrong? Discuss below.
> 
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