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New tune on piracy
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DRM simply doesnt work. It places an unnecessary burden on innocent consumers who also have to bear the cost thanks to companies who are refusing to embrace the current situation and instead cling to a dead business model.
Microsoft's capitulation is just making things worse.
Microsoft's capitulation is just making things worse.
This reminds one how the Mafia got into business in the US. The harder the controls the more the mafia. Mankind has a chip build into it that seeks freedom - and this chip has proven to be very robust and strong.
The backlash is coming. These ill conceived DRM schemes are getting more pervasive and soon their irritation level will exceed the amount needed to overcome consumer apathy.
When this happens companies that capitulated to the media companies will take the biggest blow.
When this happens companies that capitulated to the media companies will take the biggest blow.
Gadget_guy
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I bought music downloads from the Musica site, I copied it to my notebook, PDA and home PC, now I can't access from my PDA because the amount of licenses has run out?
not worth the money, I don't know about iTunes if we could eventually buy music from iTunes?
not worth the money, I don't know about iTunes if we could eventually buy music from iTunes?
DRM a pain for law abiding consumer
I understand we don't want people to steal the music. The music industry is making sure they continue to make a profit. However, they threw a half-cocked idea out there that wasn't thought through.
The music industry should have waited a couple of years, got this technology where it needs to be. It needs to be something people want. Give drm files extra functionality...play on every device, play it from the internet w/o having to download it or pay for it again since you already have a license. Something to make it attractive. And then make it across the board, CDs shouldn't be sold w/o DRM on the files. The music industry is forcing these online music stores this DRM crap when they themselves don't have the guts to make their CDs with DRM files...knowing their sales would go down as people would not want to buy new stereos and other hardware. All the music industry has done is make it impossible for online music stores to stay in business for very long.
DRM files was not a bad idea..the rollout of it was just horrible!
I understand we don't want people to steal the music. The music industry is making sure they continue to make a profit. However, they threw a half-cocked idea out there that wasn't thought through.
The music industry should have waited a couple of years, got this technology where it needs to be. It needs to be something people want. Give drm files extra functionality...play on every device, play it from the internet w/o having to download it or pay for it again since you already have a license. Something to make it attractive. And then make it across the board, CDs shouldn't be sold w/o DRM on the files. The music industry is forcing these online music stores this DRM crap when they themselves don't have the guts to make their CDs with DRM files...knowing their sales would go down as people would not want to buy new stereos and other hardware. All the music industry has done is make it impossible for online music stores to stay in business for very long.
DRM files was not a bad idea..the rollout of it was just horrible!
You sort of right, DRM was not a bad idea - it was a terrible idea. Not only is it designed to restrict legal consumers rights but it doesn't even accomplish its main stated goal of preventing or hindering piracy.
In the end all DRM does is alienate paying customers.
I have to laugh at the idea that DRM was to stop online piracy and illegal distribution. Like it was said in the article, it is a doddle to copy music from CD to PC to www. Then also at M$, with their attempts to create a monopoly on software, do they really think that they are that smart? Think of Win XP, needed online activation which was supposed to stamp out illegal copies being used. Hahaha ja, that worked really well, as I think of the numerous illegal copies of XP floating around...