defectivebydesign.org — When the UK Government's All Party Internet Group reported on DRM, they made a number of recomendations, #1 was to call for "Extensive Labeling" of all DRM products. DefectiveByDesign are sending out free label and sticker packs in time for Oct 3rd. Also, join the action at kick-off events planned for New York and London on Saturday Sept 30.
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junkfoodSep 21, 2006
looks like we killed it
felixdaahackSep 21, 2006
cough...cough...iTunes...cough
anonatronSep 21, 2006
@dshPls thanks, that did make me feel better!
hyperhackerSep 21, 2006
dshPls, there are better ways to prevent piracy without harming innocent customers.
axiomshellSep 21, 2006
@monkeyrun:For starters, your concept of eternity is at least ... funny.I guess record labels are older than music, or art itself.This model was the one chosen, and it's not the only possible, but anyway...The problem with DRMs and alike is that you're not obtaining a license to simply play the song.DRM is full of these "conditions". You buy it for player A, or 3 listens on player B, no playing in your friend's house C. And yes, if I wanted to sell my "eternally" old CDs to you I could, but with DRM digital files ... can I ? For f**k's sake, I can't even legally GIVE them to you...
cleverboySep 21, 2006
Party on people. DRM ain't going anywhere. It's not meant to stop piracy, only to make money by forcing people to pay for the same content multiple times. The "enemy" is not companies like Apple and not the recording industry. They simply bring you the content and produce it in the first place (what, you want them to stop?) The real enemy is the prevailing paradigm and the insurmountable weight of the money it currently makes. What recording company looks at the figures on ringtones, and says... "Hey, let's make it easier for people to slap our CD's on their phones!" Change is painful and this kind of change we're experiencing shrinks existing revenue exponentially.Apple's proposed iTV system is more of a "game changer" than any war on DRM can be. We all need to be paying more attention to legal protections, like that of WIPO and the granting of "publisher rights" that extend and supercede ordinary "copyrights". Let's make certain that "copyright" is the only thing that needs to be honored so that public domain and creative commons works can stay that way regardless of how we receive them.In my opinion, we need to stop whining about the file format restrictions we're given (and buy into), and make sure that Fair Use isn't repealed/suppressed in a legal manner that prevents our right to convert our own music collection into a different format. Lobbying for NO-DRM is basically like asking Dell to sell free computers. It makes no financial sense. Bigger audience with no-DRM? Think again. The margins only get progressively thinner.
buddhistSep 22, 2006
Sweet. Can't wait to get some puzzling looks that day. :P
jbondSep 22, 2006
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