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- jhollington, on 10/12/2007, -1/+66As always, John Gruber gets right to the point very succinctly in clearing up the FUD that surrounds the various industry proponents of DRM.
- Ryosen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+62Dear Macrovision,
You are part of the problem, not the solution.
Sincerely,
The Consumer - Kerrigore, on 10/12/2007, -1/+48Agreed, a very accurate translation. I have yet to see any proponent of DRM who has convincingly explained how it actually benefits the consumer rather than the corporations- kudos for Gruber for demolishing this attempt.
- magicmarc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47"im as high as a kite"
Genius. - Ryosen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45I'm glad you asked that, srg13. Please, allow me to explain.
You see, in a perfect world, we here at Macrovision would have exact and total control over every media device in your home. We would dictate what you can watch, when you can watch it, where you can watch it. Hell, we could even control what hours of the day during which you could watch your media. Think of it. We could help the "premium content holders" charge you an additional, (yet small, we assure you) fee to view your movies during the prime time or peak hours.
We can't do this now and, of course, this is a huge problem, the potential ramifications of which could be absolutely devistating. You see, srg13, as of now, you're free to watch your movies any time, any where. Now, in an ideal world this wouldn't be a problem. But, you understand, there are certain, how should we put this..."unsavory" types out there that feel it is perfectly fine to break away from their responsibilities and goof off and watch a movie in the middle of the day.
Please, srg13, consider the implications of that statement. Work not getting done. Lawns not getting mowed. Term papers not getting written. And all because someone thought it would be ok to watch "Ernest Goes to Jail" in the middle of the afternoon. We quite simply cannot allow this to happen. It would be irresponsible, nay, un-American!! to allow this type of free-form, unencumbered environment to persist any longer.
You see, this isn't about profits or content management or artist "rights". It's about protecting the very ideals that form this great nation. It's a daunting responsibility but we feel it is our duty to rise up and accept it. For if we allow you, the consumer, to move your content from one device to another without paying for a multi-platform, Family-grade, home-site, Premium, Dear-Lord-in-Heaven-Think-of-the-Profits license, well, then, srg13.... the Terrorists have truly won.
Good night and God Bless America. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+43Dead on. I hate all these ***** who manipulate words to try to paint a rosie picture of crap.
- srg13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30How exactly is selling DRM free music screwing customers?
- SEN5241, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31"Up is down. Black is white." I love it! :-D
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28the translations he made were bloody brilliant, as well as deadly accurate.
kudos. - shinelikeitdoes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26i actually think the translation of this bit:
"...we would also assume responsibility for FairPlay as a part of our evolving DRM offering..."
reads more like:
"every damn time we come up with a new scheme its cracked almost immediately, we would sure
love a peek at the only successful form of DRM to date!" - Quix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Unfortunately, Amoroso just so happens to speak the alien language that only the RIAA understands...
- bolerobell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22This quote seems particularly appropos to the discussion:
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."
-Upton Sinclair
Fred Amoroso has a financial interest in NOT understanding how a non-DRMed world would operate, therefore he will not. - g3r4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Everyone, I urge you to call Macrovison's Music and Video Technologies Section. 408-562-8400 (http://www.macrovision.com/company/locations/us/index.shtml) in response to:
"Similarly, consumers who want to consume content on only a single device can pay less than those who want to use it across all of their entertainment areas — vacation homes, cars, different devices and remotely. Abandoning DRM now will unnecessarily doom all consumers to a “one size fits all” situation that will increase costs for many of them."
As they are not in control of pricing for that media, how can they tell us about price drops in single use media? And while I realize that it doesn't say anything about price drops, how the world can they believe that paying multiple times for the same content can be fair, which is the only other possibility?
I own a PC, an iPod, a Zune, soon to have a 360, and I want a CD copy. I have to pay $50-75 for one damn CD? ***** that. If anything, piracy will become more popular, which is, if I grasp the term correctly, redundant. - kingyubba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18wow. when i translated Macrovision's letter i got this:
"money, money, money, money.
- signed an asshat" - emehrkay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17As an industry, we should not let that happen.
As a company whose only purpose is to provide copy protection, we can’t let that happen.
hahahaha
what a dumbass letter - koonchu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16LOL. "I am high as a kite."
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17this is the best thing i've read all day. an entirely perfect reflection of macrovision's thinly veiled stance. steve jobs should send them an email with that picture of johnny cash flipping the bird with "think different" added below.
- FreshPineScent, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I think it's fair to say that much like the day-of cracking of iTunes' copy-protection, Mr. Gruber has successfully cracked the linguistic encryption of Macrovision's media spin-control. You be able to find a full DVD rip on Torrentspy within the next few hours.
- Kazrog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Brilliant...
I'm looking forward to the DRM-free era. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13http://offweb.standardimagination.com/cashdifferent.jpg
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15It has been said many times before, and I know there's a high possibility he wont change it, but I'd still love if Gruber would allow comments.
- Chubbly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13You, sir, should have your digital rights removed.
- Fracture98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12There's your problem. You need to look back.
- KyferEz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12DRM is RUDE AND CRUDE. The makers have no respect and ignore the proven fact that it is detrimental to the media industry. God help all those who have bought DRM restricted music. They won't be able play it in a few years. The open web is a place for the free and open exchange of digital media to preview before you decide if it's worthy of being purchased.
DRM protects only the labels and companies like Macrovision, and will continue to hurt consumers until it's gone. - clackerd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14oh god. you're in here too.
- jmzook, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Dear Macrovision
Feel free to @#$% yourself in the @** with a rusty butterknife. - N3wtR0ckn13, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"I'm as high as a kite" LOL
- clackerd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9if those are digital rights, i certainly don't want to be wrong
- totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Classic. Really, the first paragraph translation says it all.
- clackerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6cue the muted killjoy trumpet....
- AmazingAndrex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8iloveroundtable, take it to myspace.
- consonance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Looking at crap through rose-colored glasses only makes the crap look less brown.
- stisev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This guy is brilliant
- joshualindquist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The irony of it all? DRM and it's frustrating, restrictive limitations converts legitimate consumers to piracy.
When has the actual user experience (not cost factor) been higher for a pirate than a paying customer? I can't think of many scenarios where this has bee true in the past. Why should it ever be? The record companies are banking that we're all sadists that like to pay to be punished, and it's a pretty big wager that we're all just going to herd together and follow suit. Not me. - Fracture98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Which explains the increased use of NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System). Oh, and what do you know... it's open source. Go figure.
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page - KevyKev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 mutemathssr
"b00bs!"
Ozzy, is that you? - yakoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Perfect.
- weberik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Awesome:
You moron's - BigBadger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This is good, since reading the original seemed to give me a mild stroke, and I'd end up hitting my head on the nearest *****.
***** yourself hard, Macrovision. - TimorousMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"As a company whose only purpose is to provide copy protection, we can’t let that happen."
Not a correct statement. Macrovision also owns the market for installers. They own InstallShield and InstallAnywhere. - IllBeBack, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2It's because it's supposed to be BOOBIES!
- othelios, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0DRM - helps make the rich get 'richer' and keeps the powerful in power
- clackerd, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4never mind. digg me down, soldier!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Digging down boobs?... sampfag!
- donkeydrop, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7"Dear Governments, at Apple we make a crap-load of money from our monopolistic practices; but it's not our fault. See it's those evil content providers and their DRM that made us do it. So, how about you go after them not us. They have lots more lobbyists to bribe you, so you see everybody makes more money this way. Well, not the consumers heh heh heh, but who the hell cares if we all get ours. Right?"
- koonchu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+6Nah, I'd rub away the "$" key trying to translate Jobs' letter.
- Batiu-Drami, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6Ryosen:
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate! - Kazrog, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2m3 t0000sdf LOLz
- IllBeBack, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2@Ryosen:
Dammit. You had me right up until you wrote "any where" as two separate words. It's "anywhere". One word.
Still, it was a nice attempt at a well-written comment. And very funny too. - Mootabolife, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2It's only alien until you realize what that means.
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