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Tech Policy Summit offers same tired lines...
(old news - 11:21AM Tuesday Feb 27 2007)
tags: business · software · content · DRM
Techdirt chimes in on the DRM Panel at this week's Tech Policy Summit. The panel was apparently stacked against consumers (and common sense), much like the FTC's recent broadband workshop (Gigi Sohn representing consumers at both events). Though scattered reports keep insisting that there's an anti-DRM sea change occurring, the same stale rhetoric seems to indicate otherwise (ex: DRM "opens up new business models"). "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," notes Techdirt's Masnick.

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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
bi0tech

join:2003-06-19
·Comcast

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.

Dagda1175

join:2001-06-17
Goleta, CA

What??

You mean the music industry DOESN'T take its marching orders from steve jobs??

Jehu
dejapoo
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA
·Comcast

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.
chemaupr

join:2005-06-06
Alexandria, VA

Re: eh?

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/

Jehu
dejapoo
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA

Re: eh?

yep emusic is great.. the only flaws being subscription-based and light on content.
BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

said by Jehu See Profile :

"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.

Jehu
dejapoo
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join:2002-09-13
MA

Re: eh?

I would.. do you think thepiratebay is an altruistic venture? Those guys are raking in dough hand over fist.

SRFireside

join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
·RoadRunner Cable

Re: eh?

said by Jehu See Profile :

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.
nasadude

join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast

said by Jehu See Profile :

...
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.

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.

Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari

join:2005-05-17

Re: Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...

Wow, that's a pretty quick response by Taylor standards recently.

SRFireside

join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
Meh... I don't even want to score this one. This is actually some reasoning behind the comment... albeit a bit slanted reasoning.

mrchris
Stop deleting my posts
Premium
join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY
As usual, the cowardly anon troll pops in spewing his pro-RIAA drivel..

thender
Glamour Profession
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join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY
·Verizon FIOS

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.
--
The Problem With Music.


Our Rationale


Time to rewrite the DMCA.

Doctor Four
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edit:
February 27th, @10:49PM

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.
--
"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they are very sophisticated idiots." - Doctor Who (from Robot)

FiL
Premium
join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD

Re: Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...

"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.

KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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.

maxwell2112
Stays Crunchy

join:2002-02-10
Ferndale, WA
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edit:
February 27th, @07:55PM

Re: Until someone comes up with a better solution, you will...

i know i dont work for free or wouldnt
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