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- wildest, on 10/31/2008, -0/+56DRM free is the only way.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -0/+51***** DRM.
- TonyCubed, on 11/01/2008, -1/+33Sony were the biggest morons in DRM history, and still are.
- pauls88, on 11/01/2008, -3/+29DRM, Doesn't Really Matter.
- lukasmack, on 10/31/2008, -1/+27Never knew about the scotch tape trick. That's pretty cool how Sonys' newest efforts could be foiled by something as simple as scotch tape.
- john2kx, on 11/01/2008, -1/+21This is why we pirate *****. Because if we try to do the right thing, and actually pay for media, the DRM ***** us. What a joke.
- mithrasinvictus, on 11/01/2008, -0/+18Ill use DRM free only, whether they care to sell it to me or not.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -0/+13One of these days, I want to have a sit-down with these company execs, and ask them just why the hell they are spending so much money on something that not only pisses off loyal customers, but very clearly doesn't work. What's the point of even having DRM if I can find a pirated copy in all of about two seconds? I am almost certain that the amount of piracy it prevents doesn't outweigh the cost of implementation, so I really want to know what possible sense it makes to spend money on it.
- briLo, on 11/01/2008, -1/+12all drm is bad drm!!!!
- dsmx, on 11/01/2008, -0/+11If a company is competing with free why does it think putting copy protection on a product is going to entice more people to buy it?
- fuzzynyanko, on 11/01/2008, -1/+11Uses SecuROM, and on the SecuROM website: "The SecuROM copy control solution from Sony DADC is the answer the industry..."
- john2kx, on 11/01/2008, -1/+10Why would you put DRM on it if it's free?
- RogerStrong, on 11/01/2008, -0/+9This should have been a Top 30 list. Five doesn't do the issue justice.
- ajbl, on 11/01/2008, -0/+9Keyword: Music
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 11/01/2008, -0/+8You really do have decent alternatives now you know. Amazon's MP3 store sells MP3s. No restrictions whatsoever and usually at $.89 cents.
- pauls88, on 11/01/2008, -1/+8EA games?
- Stormwern, on 11/01/2008, -0/+7"Music DRM"
- BellaVitaGirl, on 11/01/2008, -1/+8...So does that mean that only whites are law-abiding Americans??
*facepalm*
If you KNEW something might sound racist, maybe next time find a better way to elucidate whatever point you are trying to make (I still don't really understand what point you were trying to make in the first place lol). - mysn239, on 11/01/2008, -3/+10im a pirate!
- Murdats, on 11/01/2008, -1/+7yes its the analogue hole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole - Suil, on 11/01/2008, -0/+6I remind everyone not to buy Red Alert 3, due to it's Securerom and draconian DRM measures ;)
- Sean23, on 11/01/2008, -2/+7If a human ear or eye can experience it, a machine can always be used to copy it.
- Murdats, on 11/01/2008, -1/+6sony also released an copy protected disk format that was circumvented with a marker pen, sony does seem to back especially stupid copy protection methods (rootkits, rendered useless by pens and tape and disabling autorun or holding shift when you insert a cd)
- adml_shake, on 11/01/2008, -0/+5reading this I noticed a certain company's name popping up over and over...
- mrsteveman1, on 11/01/2008, -0/+4Something somewhere had LAME compiled in or something if i remember right. No clue why
- vdog, on 11/01/2008, -0/+4PlaysForSure has a typo. The 'l' was never meant to be there.
~Microsoft. - MacSuxWindozSux, on 11/01/2008, -0/+3The VP admitted his son pirates music.
- Stormwern, on 11/01/2008, -1/+4Didn't some of the code for sony's malware program turn out to be stolen too?
- xcise, on 11/01/2008, -0/+3some of my audio cds still have "rootkits" in them, sony broke the records for backdoor distribution...
sorry but i think they will stay "the biggest morons in DRM history" for a long time. - Br3ach, on 11/01/2008, -0/+3Which is very unfortunate, I am downloading the clean version :)
And I probably would have paid for it if not for the disc being infected by SecureRom - celotil, on 11/01/2008, -0/+3You have a very close-minded attitude.
Some people pirate because they don't have the funds to enjoy something they have to pay for. Others do it simply because they can.
The point is, DRM does absolutely nothing to stop pirates and only inconveniences the loyal consumer who pays for his media. My mother tried to time shift a movie off of the television and was told she couldn't by her DVD recorder. I buy CD's and DVD's and rip them to my computer so I don't have to risk scratching the discs, and I've been burnt by anti-copy measures - which I later found a work-around for. People who might have had a run of bad luck with their computers get ***** over by installation limits on games. Windows users get ***** every time they make a few changes to their hardware and have to waste time re-activating windows. Music listeners who buy DRM-"protected" WMA's get ***** when their licences need renewing and the servers are down or there's a network problem.
DRM helps nobody. Implementing it wastes time and money, and only those who follow the rules and act nice towards the media companies get ***** by it.
Often, the pirated copy is the superior copy because it won't ***** you.
How's that for an argument against customer loyalty? - bdbr, on 11/02/2008, -0/+2Speak for yourself. I pirate music because I don't want to buy something I've never heard. Similarly, I wouldn't buy clothes that I can't try on or artwork that I couldn't return if it didn't work well in my house.
I download it first; if I like it I buy it. If I don't like it, I delete it. I bought three CDs just this past week, and I'd downloaded them all. I know I'm not the only one that do this.
I know the RIAA doesn't approve, so I don't download their music. Consequently, I don't hear their music, and so I don't buy their music. If that's the way they want to fail, so be it. - inactive, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2Hells yeah, hook me up with one of them invites. Seriously, I don't know what the hell the deal is. I mean, don't companies get that we don't like jumping through hoops just to play a game, and we're more likely to support them if they don't screw us around.
- jbond, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2Just Say No To DRM
- earlvanze, on 11/02/2008, -0/+2I was about to Digg you down because I misread it as "If a human can experience it" which is not entirely true because of taste, smell, and touch. Then I reread it and Dugg you up instead because it's true.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2Well, I get the concept of MOAR MUNNIES, which is part of what confuses me - I'm almost certain that DRM hurts their bottom lines.
- shotgunefx, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2No mention of DIVX? Not the codec, but the ***** "Enhanced DVD" format pushed by Circuit City?
- TheHappyToaster, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2It's not about whether or not it actually hurts their bottom lines, it's that piracy is perceived to be taking away from the money that's "theirs".
The idea that someone could be making money from their product that isn't them frightens the hell out of them, to the point where they start doing irrational things about it.
You know, because they're sociopaths. - TheHappyToaster, on 11/01/2008, -0/+2There's also that sociopathic need to make MOAR MUNNIES! no matter how many customers they have to lose in the process coupled with a complete inability to realize that there are other options beside buying whatever swill they infect the market with.
- celotil, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1It makes their stock holders feel warm and fuzzy knowing that the companies they've invested in are doing their best to look after their interests, never mind the fact that the stock holders usually don't know ***** about technology and are continuously fed a diet of ***** and lies about piracy.
- inactive, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1And see, if I were a stock holder, I'd be far more alarmed at the company sinking millions on technology that is pretty much guaranteed not to work.
- hasslinthehoff, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1Oh yeah, forgot about DIVX. It was created by Circuit City. Glad it worked out so well for them.
- ernasty10050, on 11/02/2008, -0/+1Does anyone else really like the way links are handled on audiotuts.com ? I've never seen it anywhere else.
- sdipaola, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1the article forgot all of itunes -- oh yea that needs more time to be a full debacle. Don't think it will - 100s of millions of folks paying for DRM that only works on one device, just wait. The mother of DRM debacles in the making.
- BellaVitaGirl, on 11/02/2008, -0/+1It's not my personal opinion, and I'm not assuming that's what you were trying to say....However, what you said is VERY easily misconstrued. Persuasive Writing 101 says that you need to make your point very clear so people CAN'T twist your words around (not that this required much twisting at all). This doesn't even have to be an issue of bigotry, just of command of language--however, you brought the topic of race into this thread in the first place, so of course your reader will see your comment with that vein of topic in mind.
- Nephersir7, on 11/02/2008, -0/+1its called trials. it lets you know what you are buying for a specified period of time before buying it. its better to have free content with DRM and paid content without DRM, than paying content with DRM and no free content at all
- decx, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1ok, text me in quakenet
same nick - knopper67, on 11/01/2008, -0/+1"The SecuROM copy control solution..."
I wouldn't call it a solution. - gkiltz, on 11/02/2008, -0/+0Unfortunately, I'm currently too financially challenged to get an I-pod! Or keep one current.
I built up an extensive collection of CDs over the 1980s and early 1990s, many ow which I would still rather listen to than my city's ONE rock station. However, due to Sony's rootkit fiasco, I play them only on CD or DVD players that have no connection to the internet. Any CD ROM drive that has, or ever will have any internet connection, even dial-up, only ever sees an audio CD if it either
1)Comes from an independent label
2)Is a demo from someone I've met face-to-face, and know I can still track down if I find anything fishy.
3)Is something where I've gotten into the file deeply enough between the time I downloaded it and the time I burned the CD that I am somewhat confident it's "Clean!"
Anything else goes only in a stand-alone CD or DVD player that is not on my network, and likely never will be. Including EVERY one of the very limited number of CDs I still occasionally buy!
It' sad, and in some ways maddening that it had to come to that. And if you want to call me paranoid, hey, you can say what you want, but that trust has been lost! Sorry. - ClaMag, on 11/07/2008, -0/+0Music Industry has always played dirty. Now it borders on scandal with costly appareils like the iPod good only to be smashed against a wall and Drms good for the "delete" command. Do you know what? I prefer Indie Music.
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