digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com — This is an interview with members of DefectiveByDesign, the Free Software Foundation anti-DRM campaign that sent HazMat suited protesters to Apple stores. DefectiveByDesign is targeting Big Media, unhelpful manufacturers and content distributors in an effort to save your fair use rights in the face of restrictive laws and DRM.
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badnewsblairAug 2, 2006
I admire it. But it seems a bit Utopian.
kuroaisuAug 2, 2006Submitter
@fulldecent: I tend to agree. I actually asked DbD for 2 - 3 effective examples "even my mother could understand". What I got were the three points in that interview. They're great points, very well thought out and written.. but my mother would go glassy eyed and stop paying attention in seconds. Cory Doctrow did a reasonable job in InformationWeek recently (see: <a class="user" href="http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191000408">http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191000408</a> ) but, it's still not the "Drop dead simple DRM death nail" sort of presentation.
kuroaisuAug 2, 2006Submitter
"price increases or subscription models" are also harmful to Apple's business plan.. So, their motives aren't as altruistic as one might be led to believe. "Their protests, instead, should be aimed at the Microsoft DRM-based subscription services, which are often guilty of giving in to the desires of the RIAA"Apple has 70% + of the mp3 player market. And a large chunk of the PMP market too. PlaysForSure is a threat, but it's a minor player compared to Apple's FairPlay.
geekeeAug 2, 2006
Apple is one of the worst offenders. They used DRM, which was designed to prevent unauthorized copying, and turned it into a tool to lock consumers into their iTMS/iPod model. Anyone can license and use plays for sure, which makes for a more competitve market, and gives consumers more flexibility.Apple is the Lexmark of mp3 players.
geekeeAug 2, 2006
"I think this is exactly what's needed: No RIAA, no major labels, no DRM, and a mechanism for donating money to the artists."Compensating the artists along is still theft. That's whats wrong with allofmp3.com How would you IT people like it if you didn't get paid because you weren't directly involved in whatever product your company makes. So the IT guys in the music industry shouldn't get paid, just the artists? Theres more to a business than just the team that produces the product, and everyone deserves to be paid, not just the people you as a consumer feel like paying.
geekeeAug 2, 2006
As for jamendo, now that it finally has loaded, although it's legal, I'll bet anything those artists would dump that site in a second if offered a recording contract from a label.
jwoodAug 3, 2006
geekee:Most of the independent artists on Jamendo I'm sure do everything on their own...from making the music, editing it, all the way to designing the cover art for the cd.