boingboing.net— Tomorrow, activists in seven cities across the US will picket Apple Stores, handing out information about the dangers of the DRM hidden in Apple's iTunes. Here's a listing of the times and stores.
Jun 9, 2006View in Crawl 4
You know your country has gone to hell when you don't fight for what you stand for. People are protesting other issues but why must we only focus on those? I believe what they are fighting for is not at all unfair and worth the fight.
I know what he said but since he used such a far fetched analogy I thought I'd take it even farther.My position on this remains though - it isn't a big deal...iTunes DRM is not bad at all compared to the other solutions out there. If you want to protest against the bigger issues surrounding DRM then do that instead.And no, I'm not a fanboy. But I'm considering it :)
I only read a few of the posts as this thread is a bit long, so sorry if I'm just repeating, but this "protest" is more rediculous than DRM itself. If you don't like music with DRM don't buy it. Picketing at a Apple retail store!?! What do you think you'll accomplish by doing this. If you want to make a difference in the fight against DRM, contact the artists who are signing up with these bogus record companies who suck d*ck to the RIAA, and let them know that they sold out and that you will cease to legally obtain there music unless they bounce the record companies, or renogociate there contracts so that record companies can not DRM their music. Either that, or go take a dump on the artists perfectly kept sod lawns. If artists had any balls, or any consideration for there fans, they would unionize outside the RIAA and demand this!!! I'm so sick of this "the poor artists only get .07 per track" non-sense. They sign up for it. They know what there getting into. It's no secret! They often don't give a s**t because there making millions anyway. This is a problem between the fan and artist. As s**tty of a job as record companies do, as much as it pisses me off that itunes uses DRM, as much as I think Apple is greedy (Macs rule), that is just the nature of business. Corperations will trap consumers at the drop of a dime. Whether you think itunes DRM model is good or not, who cares. Just remember it's all about the music, and it is the people who create the music who ultimitly decide how it's distributed. They sign the contracts, they allow DRM, and then they say, "oh, it's our record companies dicision, it is out of our hands." Bulls**t! Without them there is no record company, yet without record companies there are still artists. Distribution and marketing is getting easier and easier to do without these companies. Artists need to start cutting out the middleman, or redefining the middleman's responsobilities and ultimate power. Peace. Digg rules!
cptnobviousJun 9, 2006
You know your country has gone to hell when you don't fight for what you stand for. People are protesting other issues but why must we only focus on those? I believe what they are fighting for is not at all unfair and worth the fight.
rauzJun 9, 2006
I know what he said but since he used such a far fetched analogy I thought I'd take it even farther.My position on this remains though - it isn't a big deal...iTunes DRM is not bad at all compared to the other solutions out there. If you want to protest against the bigger issues surrounding DRM then do that instead.And no, I'm not a fanboy. But I'm considering it :)
jazzaddictJun 11, 2006
I only read a few of the posts as this thread is a bit long, so sorry if I'm just repeating, but this "protest" is more rediculous than DRM itself. If you don't like music with DRM don't buy it. Picketing at a Apple retail store!?! What do you think you'll accomplish by doing this. If you want to make a difference in the fight against DRM, contact the artists who are signing up with these bogus record companies who suck d*ck to the RIAA, and let them know that they sold out and that you will cease to legally obtain there music unless they bounce the record companies, or renogociate there contracts so that record companies can not DRM their music. Either that, or go take a dump on the artists perfectly kept sod lawns. If artists had any balls, or any consideration for there fans, they would unionize outside the RIAA and demand this!!! I'm so sick of this "the poor artists only get .07 per track" non-sense. They sign up for it. They know what there getting into. It's no secret! They often don't give a s**t because there making millions anyway. This is a problem between the fan and artist. As s**tty of a job as record companies do, as much as it pisses me off that itunes uses DRM, as much as I think Apple is greedy (Macs rule), that is just the nature of business. Corperations will trap consumers at the drop of a dime. Whether you think itunes DRM model is good or not, who cares. Just remember it's all about the music, and it is the people who create the music who ultimitly decide how it's distributed. They sign the contracts, they allow DRM, and then they say, "oh, it's our record companies dicision, it is out of our hands." Bulls**t! Without them there is no record company, yet without record companies there are still artists. Distribution and marketing is getting easier and easier to do without these companies. Artists need to start cutting out the middleman, or redefining the middleman's responsobilities and ultimate power. Peace. Digg rules!
telielioJun 11, 2006
oops.