Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA
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Re: Reason #3 is the best reason
said by GOLFnSUN  :Assuming that the facts are correct that 99% of CD's for sale are really DRM free, then that does make one wonder why downloaded copies aren't also DRM free. The fact is correct. In fact, you really can't have a DRM-encumbered CD. If you tried to make one, it wouldn't work with existing CD players. Some approaches have been tried, but they all have been laughably easy to defeat, most by disabling auto-run.
As for why downloadable copies aren't DRM-free, blame the RIAA. They still think that "Internet = Piracy" so they'll resist any efforts to put music online unless they can somehow control what gets done with the file and when. To do this, they need DRM.
In reality, no DRM scheme is perfect. At some point, the audio has to be decrypted to play it. This means that the DRM-ed file can be decrypted, put into a DRM-free format, and uploaded. For example, a user could connect one computer's Line Out port to another computer's Line In and use Audacity to record the audio. Or a person can simply buy a copy of the CD that the music also appears on and rip that.
In any case, the DRM just provides a tiny speed bump in the way of someone who wants to pirate the music. Putting that tiny speed bump in place costs quite a lot and it only really winds up impacting legitimate customers. Of course, not many would argue that the RIAA is acting along logical reasoning. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Since when did the RIAA act along logical reasoning?
They never have. Of course they're too blinded by
dollar signs to see that DRM in any form is a colossal
failure.
Even the BMG/Sony Rootkit fiasco is a lesson they've
failed to learn. One that will surely be repeated.
DRM itself is nothing but high-tech snakeoil. If it
can be heard or seen, it can be copied.
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"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Destiny Of The Daleks) |
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Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA
| I didn't say they were acting along logical reasoning. I said not many would argue that they were. I was going to say that no one here would argue that they were, but then I remembered Taylor.  |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX | reply to Jason Levine
That's all I do; re-record my DRM music using software into MP3 format. I pay my $5/month for Yahoo music and just "dub" it. It retains all the sound quality of the regular DRM-ed file. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by mobbo :That's all I do; re-record my DRM music using software into MP3 format. I pay my $5/month for Yahoo music and just "dub" it. It retains all the sound quality of the regular DRM-ed file. That's just theft. Just because you don't like DRM doesn't mean you can do that. If you like the songs so much pay the 79¢ they cost. People like you are the reason they justify the stupid DRM in the first place. Quit giving them excuses. No wonder Yahoo is jacking up the rate for their music subsciption. Thanks alot! $5 a month doesn't give you the right to keep thousands of songs. Most everyone here would say 25¢ is more than a fair price for a song. So at most you're entitled to 20 songs a month for your $5. If you are hard up for cash a full days work at Burger King can get you 50 songs from Yahoo. |
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