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amungus
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amungus

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Why should DRM even matter one bit to anyone?

If it can be seen, or heard, it is able to be copied, period.

If someone can build a lock, someone else can figure out how to break it.

So pointless, this pursuit of "locking" media at all. If someone rents, of course it's cheaper than buying because after about 10 people the media has pretty much been paid for. Buying the 'rights' to use the media should also be pretty wide open. What's this "transparent" gibberish?

"DRM will increase electronic distribution –"

No, sorry, it just means that whatever distribution is now encumbered with further degradation of the original media, and that said media and compatible playback devices are also further hindered by needing extra steps to decode the content.

"DRM needs to be interoperable and open –"

Yes, I agree. It needs to die completely and disintegrate. Sounds like the best "interoperable" way to me, if it's not there, it doesn't matter and everything is wide open.

"easier for consumers to manage and share content in the home"

..yeah, anyone with half a brain can already do that and better without extra steps to increase processing requirements, loss of quality, and overall simplicity..

"Should you desire, we would also assume responsibility for FairPlay as a part of our evolving DRM offering and enable it to interoperate across other DRMs, thus increasing consumer choice and driving commonality across devices."

Paraphrased: We can take it from here if you don't want to Steve. We'll make sure it sucks even worse, locks everything down to our standards of insanity, allow interoperation with further fees for device makers, media software etc. and charge you for "protection." After that, we'll make more money off of it than you and begin to force our model insanities down everyone's throat, from TV makers, home theater equipment, computer software, and every video rental store across the nation for further revenue streams. It's ok Steve, really, we love you and want to be best friends forever.

"Without reasonable, consistent and transparent DRM we will only delay the availability of premium content in the home. As an industry, we should not let that happen."

Paraphrased: Without our protection, some bad man might throw a brick through your window, or kill your cat.
We want a reasonable cut of your business, your customer's enjoyment of your products must also entail a small fee per use for their protection as well.
Premium contentment can only come from our consistent and unreasonable availability of our ubiquitous industrial strength transparent protection schemes which we wish to charge you, your grandmother, your dead grandmother, your children, the movie store, all software makers, Wal-Mart, and all the Chinese mfgr's of all electronic devices for.
moonpuppy (banned)
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD

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said by amungus:

Why should DRM even matter one bit to anyone?
Maybe you missed that whole Sony rootkit thing they did so you wouldn't play CDs on a computer.

Sure anything can be defeated but it is not commonly known except to those who are in the above average catagory of computer users. What do you tell Joe Email and Suzy Spreadsheet when their computer is hosed because they wanted to listen to music on their laptop while typing a report for work?
steelyken
join:2002-03-04
Plainfield, IN

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I don't know about anyone else, but I am getting sick of hearing the phrase "premium content" being bandied about lately. High-definition video is great and all, but it is an evolution and not a revolution. This fancy name, which implies something on the order of the holy grail, is being used to facilitate the further planned hardware and software lockdown of usage rights.

I just don't remember anyone ever referring to dvd video or higher-resolution pc games as "premium content" on their arrival.