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- kuroaisu, on 11/10/2007, -0/+67It calls for a revolt. Seriously, the copylefters have been warning of this threat for ages. Is it really a surprise that MLB is the first major licenser to pull this crap? A few more of these and maybe the public will learn that "buying" drm content isn't "buying", it's leasing.
- Reddog_x2000, on 11/10/2007, -1/+51This calls for a class action lawsuit.
- airwalkery2k, on 11/10/2007, -4/+46Because of the WGA strike, today's action packed story is brought to you by me!
Where: Corporate office of a major content producer
When: About noon-ish
(fade in, focus on meeting room table)
Fatcat 1: Isn't DRM, great, boys?
Fatcat 2: Yeah! We can charge 'em over and over again for the same content!
Fatcat 1: Bwahaha. (Maniacally) They are at the whims of our central authority.
Fatcat 3: It's almost too good.
(Enter P2P Man and Torrent Boy)
Fatcat 2: Curses! Our perfect scheme, ruined.
Fatcat 1: On the contrary. They can do all they want. We are still free to step all over the honest people out there in the name of fighting these fellows.
(More maniac laughing. Lightning. Fade out)
The End? - NeoSporin, on 11/08/2007, -18/+37I'm more surprised at the fact people watch baseball
- s1mph0ny, on 11/09/2007, -1/+18Time to boycott MLB.
Don't forget to call ESPN and tell them you would rather they spent their resources on legitimate sports. - WoollyMittens, on 11/08/2007, -0/+17Everyone should "petition" with their wallets and not buy DRM-infested stuff.
- Elderon, on 11/09/2007, -0/+13This is a perfect example of why drm is flawed no matter what. I'm all for people protecting their property, go after large scale distrubutors of stolen goods, but DRM does not help at all. It only affects normal users. Hackers can and will bypass anything you use to protect something in a matter of days to weeks if not before your product even comes out. Anyone thats looked into pirated anything sees how big a joke copy protection is and how it hurts users... Sony and their flawed dvd's , "broken" music cd's, stuff like this MLB situation.
- stephant, on 11/08/2007, -0/+13I never really thought about it before but a company like Microsoft could easily hold the world hostage if they went to online drm that checked every time you booted up. All they would have to do is threaten to take down the server which would render almost every computer on earth a paper weight. When I think about it that way DRM is a very, very bad idea.
- p0ss, on 11/08/2007, -2/+13yah, cricket is so much better
- dupswapdrop, on 11/09/2007, -0/+10Base a ball been very very bad to me!
- paganmonkeyboy, on 11/08/2007, -1/+10Well, it's not like they are making money hand over fist, right ? I mean, MLB runs on a shoestring budget...
- fac3less, on 11/08/2007, -2/+10Haha. Wow, online petitions.
Yeah, they're changing the world. - dlowder, on 11/08/2007, -0/+8If I recall correctly, this has already happened -- Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" server went down and suddenly a lot of Vista installations stopped working....
- manfrin, on 11/08/2007, -3/+10Sir, I am here to inform you that you have been banned by the WGA. The WGA will blackball any organization that hires you from hereon out. The WGA wishes you a properous career as a Starbucks Barista.
- Urusai, on 11/08/2007, -1/+8Substitute terror for piracy, and you have an eerie political parallel.
- WoollyMittens, on 11/09/2007, -0/+7The "revolt" has been underway since Napster. Only fools buy DRM content, which can be turned off at a whim, some of those fools were educated today.
Both google, sony and yahoo have revoked licenses before. The battle against DRM is a downhill one for sure. - Drizzit, on 11/08/2007, -0/+7I've always been against DRM for this reason and for the reason that what happens to your content if the company goes out of business. The last thing they'll want to be doing is unlocking everyone content.
- Jammerdelray, on 11/08/2007, -0/+6another reason why drm must end
- MikeMacMan, on 11/08/2007, -0/+6This is why I don't buy DRM content.
- hexydes, on 11/09/2007, -4/+9I'd care about this but...it's major league baseball. Who cares? They basically did themselves in after the strikes. Does anyone even consider it our national pastime anymore?
Other than maybe the RIAA, I've never seen an organization self-destruct itself so rapidly and thoroughly. This is just another step in that process. - fkr3, on 11/10/2007, -3/+8Attitudes need to change on both sides. What the MLB did highlights the real problem with DRM, but the real problem with DRM-free media is people jump to the conclusion that it's now free or they're free to share it, even people on digg (the 'technologically englightened crowd') were asking whether that meant they could now share it.
The obvious solution is DRM-free and things are heading in that direction but consumers need to adjust their attitude so they don't assume DRM-free means they have unlimited and unrestricted rights with the media too. Both sides need to accept a lot more responsibility than they're willing to. - macjohnsin, on 11/08/2007, -0/+5First Dane Cook , now this?!
- EricTheGrey, on 11/09/2007, -0/+5More than just a lawsuit, this kind of DRM needs to be made illegal. People pay good money for their videos, software, or whatever, and get shafted when the company stops supporting it, or goes out of business.
Constantly requiring any kind of media to contact the publisher is only asking for the consumer to be screwed.
EtG - Firehed, on 11/08/2007, -1/+6I'm pretty sure that shrinkwrap/boilerplate licensing tends not to hold up in court, especially regarding EULAs. A class action covering at least the cost of the paid-for-and-now-useless content is not only reasonable, but would probably go through.
- GRTWHT, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4Want to get really scared? Look into "Trusted Computing".
- ehelbush, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4error on the play
- hexydes, on 11/09/2007, -2/+6http://www.ubuntu.com
- gryphonauto, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4I hate watching sports, but regardless . . .
DRM only punishes paying customers as evidenced by this move. Sadly, DRM and anti-copying measures are so problematic that "I happen to know a few people who" either decided to not purchase a product based on the DRM and pirate instead, (like Bioshock) or purchased the product & "pirated" it so they could play DRM free but not be a thief, or like me . . . I boycott DRM products. - stephant, on 11/08/2007, -3/+7But what are the damages? No one owns software because they license it by contract (which they surely clicked "I agree" to when they installed). I've never thought about this situation before but it terrifies me when you think how far it could go. Imagine Microsoft going to a license check every time you booted your computer and then they take down the server. It would be just as bad if they just threatened to take down the servers. Man, that's scary.
- stephant, on 11/09/2007, -1/+5You hate sports fans that much? You really should talk to someone about that.
- duestown, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4bingobongony = bitter sox fan
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4every computer in the planet except for the ones that run on pirated copies. :)
- Cerebral, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4It's tough... I heard soon Milk will be infected with DRM. They will now stamp a date that is one week shy of the used to be "expiration date" which now will not allow you to open the lid after this new "expiration date". If you open the lid the authorities will be promptly reported over the government restricted wifi access.
- jbelkin, on 11/08/2007, -0/+4report them to Congress. MLB got grilled last year for trying to move MLB to satellite only.
- meed, on 11/09/2007, -0/+4Funny how companies use DRM against paying customers now. I smell a lawsuit in the future.
- johnny222, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Baseball set records with ticket sales this year.
- keraneuology, on 11/09/2007, -0/+3Call your congresscritter and demand they revoke the monopoly exemption to the anti-trust rules. And stop sending money to the sport that invented the overpaid whiny jock, announces ahead of time when they're going to search clubhouses for corked bats so there is time to hide the evidence, and allows juiced up felons to continue to lie, cheat and steal their way into the hall of fame.
You got exactly what you deserved. - RedHerringHack, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3You are all missing the point. It's about the hotdogs and beer. and pizza, and peanuts.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3All jokes aside, they HAVE been successful in the past.
For example, some studios have released DVDs of old TV shows based on the demand for them they've gotten in these online petitions. "Action" ran for only one season on Fox and was never, ever going to be released (even Jay Mohr himself (star and co-writer) said it was NEVER going to happen, "guaranteed") and because of an online petition, it did. Same thing happened with several other TV shows including "WKRP in Cincinatti" and "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" (due out in 2008).
So don't bash them, corporations do oftentimes pay attention to stuff like this. - RedHerringHack, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3If it wasn't for our crap, there would be nothing but the BBC. That said, I watch hockey. I wish there were more available especially in HD.
- taintedzodiac, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Live from Pittsburgh. Moving into the bottom of the second, the score sits tied at Pirates 1, Fatcats 1.
- stephant, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Actually you're right. If they were even slightly honorable they would have released a DRM free patch for the game.
- stephant, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3I understand that copyright owners want to protect their property. They've been a bit heavy handed but we can all choose not to buy the product and move on. That doesn't frighten me nearly as much as MS disabling almost every computer on the planet. All they would have to do is to add some language when you download a patch that says they can revoke your license any time they want for good reason, bad reason or no reason at all. Heck, it might be in the license right now. Once that language is in there they could basically turn off all our computers whenever they wanted. Not you Linux or mac folks but that's a relatively small percentage of all computers.
- manoftheisland, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3they worst commissioner in the era of modern sports..... period.
- Mordechai, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3Anyone who can make the RIAA seem fair and reasonable...
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+4seriously check out the new twenty twenty version of the game. it ***** rocks and beats the ***** out of baseball in terms of entertainment value.
- stephant, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3 . . . should be thrown into a pit of spiders. (I like this game).
- xtc46, on 11/08/2007, -0/+3This is similar to what can happen with bio-Shock and their DRM problem.
anytime you outsource something like DRM this can happen. So unless you plant a back door removal of it so when you decide you no longer want to support it, you shouldn't put DRM on things. - sik0fewl, on 11/08/2007, -0/+2How about consumers stop purchasing DRM-crippled content instead?
- m3th0dm4n, on 11/09/2007, -0/+2You mean in the United States. The rest of the world watches real sports.
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