bamabrad
join:2006-01-27
Port Orange, FL | Say it enough times
and people will believe it - if they do not hear from the other side |
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bi0tech
join:2003-06-19
| FUD, it's whats for dinner
Anyone remember when there was some sort of value to discovering the truth? The path to success in modern business seems more and more about spin/FUD/disinformation than actually producing a workable product that customers want.
~The customer is always right, as long as he wants what we tell him to. |
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Dagda1175
join:2001-06-17
Goleta, CA | What??
You mean the music industry DOESN'T take its marching orders from steve jobs?? |
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Jehu
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA
| eh?
"Pretty much the entire industry has simply decided that DRM is the only way to make money -- even with repeated examples of why that's simply not true," Can someone educate me on some of these "examples?"
The most successful download business model (besides piracy) is iTunes, which has the most stringent DRM on the block. |
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chemaupr
join:2005-06-06
Alexandria, VA
| eMusic- And all from independent and a few known artists... just imagine if they have major recording artists.
"eMusic has sold more than 100 million downloads since its parent"
»money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/···8400178/ |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Jehu
said by Jehu  :"Pretty much the entire industry has simply decided that DRM is the only way to make money -- even with repeated examples of why that's simply not true," Can someone educate me on some of these "examples?" The most successful download business model (besides piracy) is iTunes, which has the most stringent DRM on the block. I wouldn't call piracy a business model. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| reply to Jehu
said by Jehu :... The most successful download business model (besides piracy) is iTunes, which has the most stringent DRM on the block. piracy isn't a business model, it's a life style.
AAARRRRRRRRR. |
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BuyAclue
@comcast.net | Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...
...have DRM.
Every effort possible to deter Piracy should be implemented and Pirates should be severely punished for their crimes. That is the only way DRM will ever disappear. |
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Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17 | Wow, that's a pretty quick response by Taylor standards recently. |
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Jehu
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA | reply to BF69
Re: eh?
I would.. do you think thepiratebay is an altruistic venture? Those guys are raking in dough hand over fist. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | reply to BuyAclue
Re: Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...
Meh... I don't even want to score this one. This is actually some reasoning behind the comment... albeit a bit slanted reasoning. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| reply to Jehu
Re: eh?
said by Jehu :Those guys are raking in dough hand over fist. Probably the reason why the music and movie industries are heavy on their tail. You profit from copyrighted works without paying royalties and that's true copyright infringement. |
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Jehu
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA | reply to chemaupr
yep emusic is great.. the only flaws being subscription-based and light on content. |
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | reply to BuyAclue
Re: Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...
As usual, the cowardly anon troll pops in spewing his pro-RIAA drivel.. |
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thender2
Glamour Profession
Premium
join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
| reply to BuyAclue
said by BuyAclue :
...have DRM.
Every effort possible to deter Piracy should be implemented and Pirates should be severely punished for their crimes. That is the only way DRM will ever disappear.
I heard you downloaded last night's 24 - isn't that against your rhetoric? Hypocrite.  
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The Problem With Music.
Our Rationale
Time to rewrite the DMCA. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
Premium
join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
1 edit | reply to BuyAclue
said by BuyAclue :
...have DRM.
Every effort possible to deter Piracy should be implemented and Pirates should be severely punished for their crimes. That is the only way DRM will ever disappear.
DRM does NOTHING to deter piracy. You're too
drowning in the MAFIAA koolaid to realize this, as
is every Organized Music/Hollywood CEO who thinks DRM
is a viable business model.
It may even encourage or cause "piracy". And it is
pure snakeoil as well - if it can be heard or seen,
it can be copied.
For those of you who persist in thinking that DRM somehow
curbs piracy, read the following commentary from Jim Baen's
Universe posted to p2pnet.net: »p2pnet.net/story/11440
Nothing could be further from the truth. Jim is arguing
that DRM creates a black market and high demand for non
DRM encumbered (read: pirated) electronic media. It is
the very same principle behind smuggling.
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot) |
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FiL
Premium
join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD | "You can't catch a socially transmitted disease by sitting down with people who hold ideas different from yours."- Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Maybe the T1000 should be lead go-to-guy for the industry.
eff'ing goons. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to BuyAclue
DRM Isn't about piracy. It's about control and a way of preventing consumers from paying a fair amount for content. It's designed to protect profits and monopolistic distribution systems. |
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maxwell2112
Stays Crunchy
join:2002-02-10
Ferndale, WA
clubs: 
1 edit | i know i dont work for free or wouldnt |
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