| An easy, workable, foolproof DRM system is the key The MPAA is right in trying to get a DRM standard that is interoperable across platforms and device types. If the DRM software was basically invisible to the user while allowing content to be viewed and easily transferred to PC, DVD player, & portable devices then they would get many more people to pay for their products. They certainly have the clout to pressure the device makers to agree to a standard. They should spend most of their lobbying money to make that happen.
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wentlancYou Can't Fix Dumb..
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Maineville, OH | 1) No DRM will ever be foolproof.
2) They don't want people to inter-operate. The can sell more stuff that way and control who can view the content.
3) They CANNOT charge the same amount of money as the physical media. The production charge is virtually nothing, and the distribution charge is a fraction.
4) They cannot cripple the quality.
Fix these things, and people will come around. Their control is over. Adopt, or die.
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Bloomington, IN | reply to fAcEtIOUs
Agreed. I will not purchase any digital music until I know I can transfer it to new/different devices. This Crap with I-Tunes, Play4sure and whatnot does not cut it. I don't want trapped into one compaines players and service. The *AAs need to set the standard and make it available to all users. Though I doubt they will make it of good quality and easily transportable to new devices. |
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Yeah, good luck with that.
Funny thing is Hilary Rosen wrote an article criticizing her iPod because she could only buy music from the Apple iTunes store OR buy the CD. This was AFTER she left the RIAA. She had the power to try and get a universal DRM scheme but didn't.
Also, this would require both Apple and Microsoft to agree to a standard. FAT CHANCE IN HELL!!!!! Bill and Steve would rather pummel each other with baseball bats than agree on a standard. Right now, iPod is the big boy on the market.
What the record companies would need to do is literally pull all material from every online music store until both sides agreed to a standard. Might as well as for world peace while you are at it. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:The MPAA is right in trying to get a DRM standard that is interoperable across platforms and device types. If the DRM software was basically invisible to the user while allowing content to be viewed and easily transferred to PC, DVD player, & portable devices then they would get many more people to pay for their products. They certainly have the clout to pressure the device makers to agree to a standard. They should spend most of their lobbying money to make that happen. Why would they want that when they can get people to pay for the same content on different platforms. Platform interoperability is basically MULTIPLE COPIES to be purchased by the consumer to the MPAA. |
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| said by TechieZero:said by fAcEtIOUs:The MPAA is right in trying to get a DRM standard that is interoperable across platforms and device types. If the DRM software was basically invisible to the user while allowing content to be viewed and easily transferred to PC, DVD player, & portable devices then they would get many more people to pay for their products. They certainly have the clout to pressure the device makers to agree to a standard. They should spend most of their lobbying money to make that happen. Why would they want that when they can get people to pay for the same content on different platforms. Platform interoperability is basically MULTIPLE COPIES to be purchased by the consumer to the MPAA. They know people won't pay more than once for a movie. So it is in their best interest to make sure what they buy can work on multiple devices. Look for the MPAA to push vendors to make that happen.
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wentlancYou Can't Fix Dumb..
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Maineville, OH | said by fAcEtIOUs:They know people won't pay more than once for a movie. So it is in their best interest to make sure what they buy can work on multiple devices. Look for the MPAA to push vendors to make that happen.
However, they are just fine with trying to limit our ability to take the one copy that we DID purchase, and play it on another device, such as a PC, or other portable device, WITHOUT the original media. I only get the one copy, I'm going to protect it. You cannot have your cake and eat it too. puritan |
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Whoa! You're obviously living on 'planet conservative'. You are posting outrageous fallacies about what the **AssAsses want. They most certainly do NOT WANT the user to 'purchase it once'. They want the user to have to PAY EVERY TIME they listen to a song, or watch a movie. They wanted DiVX (the circuit city fiasco) to work, where you bought the movie for 5.00, and had to pay 5.00 every time you wanted to watch it again.
They think that you only 'RENT' the music/movies. In their minds, they OWN it, and you have to pay, every single time, if you want to enjoy it.
Want proof? Why does the RIAssAsses sue restaurants that play music? Because they are greedy bastards. Why does the MPAssASses sue grandma? Because they are greedy bastards.
Lets be real. The movie industry, and the music industry, both believe you are STEALING when you watch a movie, or listen to a song. They FIRMLY BELIEVE that you have NO RIGHT to listen to music, unless you compensate them EVERY TIME. |
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"easy,workable,foolproof DRM" is even more of an oxymoron than "military intelligence"
or "interoperable DRM" for that matter. |
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quote:
They know people won't pay more than once for a movie
They do?
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when in doubt break the DRM and copy away. as long as its for personal use only its totally legal as copies for personal use are a right given by US copyright laws.
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said by fAcEtIOUs:If the DRM software was basically invisible to the user while allowing content to be viewed and easily transferred to PC, DVD player, & portable devices then they would get many more people to pay for their products. I honestly think that this is precisely what consumers do not want. Software that operates on their computers without their knowledge has a name: Spyware. Whether or not it has any malicious intent, people want to know what they're running, and when software circumvents that desire it immediately earns distrust.
DRM is an unfortunate reality. People are inherently untrustworthy and therefore must be restricted as to how they can use multimedia content. If people were inherently trustworthy and didn't illegally distribute content, DRM would be a moot point.
It's the fault of the public that DRM exists. It was consumers that circumvented copyrights. It was consumers that sought out illegal copies of copyrighted material. It was consumers that turned around and made that illegal content available to others illegally. Until consumers act proactively to eliminate the illegal practice of content piracy we will continue to see DRM.
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Oh guys, Uncle Billy has got all that covered with Windows Vista .......
He is my hero ..... after all, he is gonna make it to where "ALL SOFTWARE and HARDWARE" that is ran on a Vista machine be an Authentic Microsoft Certified offering or it won't run.
No more BETA testing all you BETA Test lovers, Uncle Billy and M$ are out to save the planet and make Piracy only a "Fleeting Memory" (Fleet is about right).
Uncle Billy says, "don't worry your tiny heads my little unwashed children, I am here to save you and all companies on the Planet Earth and this time I don't even care about the money, I am in it to save you because I Care".
MUWAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAA 
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