Reviews of "SeatSale: License to Sit"

• ```So the big challenge for DRM and copyright activists is simple: Figure out better ways to help the average person understand what's at stake.

  That's why I was so tickled to hear about "SeatSale", the art project by cyborg expert Steve Mann. It does a brilliant job of making DRM both concrete and hilariously scary.

  SeatSale is a chair that has spikes on it; to sit down, you have to get a "license to sit" that will temporarily retract the spikes. To get a license, you have to swipe your credit card -- or "government issued photo ID card" -- and agree to the "terms and conditions", which are themselves a hoot:...'''

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