How To Bypass The Zune's WiFi Sharing DRM
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| We knew it would be done sooner or later, and now that we have the
| mod to use your Zune as a portable hard drive, a method to bypass the
| Zune's WiFi sharing DRM is finally here.
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http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/how-to-bypass-the-zunes-wifi-sharing-drm-217042.php
http://tinyurl.com/y89rde
This didn't even take long. Implications: customer is not happy; record label
achieve nothing; media files become binary blobs that lose value.
Related:
The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
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| 1. DRM doesn't prevent illegal use of files, it just makes it a bit
| more difficult to access them.
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| 2. All it takes is one person to crack the file and it can be made
| available to everyone.
|
| 3. Anyone selling content on CD is already selling unprotected files
| anyway.
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| 4. DRM adds a lot of costs for content producers
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| 5. There's a huge hidden cost in trying to sell DRM'ed content
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| 6. Often the costs of the DRM are passed along to the consumer as well.
|
| 7. DRM-free content will play on your device of today and your device
| of tomorrow
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| 8. Your media devices of the future will be significantly different than
| your media devices of the present.
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| 9. DRM fundamentally changes who is control of your media.
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| 10. Whenever you buy DRM'ed content you support the system of DRM
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http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html
Is DRM good or bad for consumers?
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| In addition, many consumers don't understand DRM restrictions, and
| they're surprised when a CD that works on a home stereo can't be
| played somewhere else, she said. Vendors offer "little disclosure
| about how consumers can use" DRM-protected content, she said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/08/HNdrmgoodorbad_1.html
The Danger of DRM
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| Sony, having acquired Columbia Records in 1988, was now aligned behind
| music industry interests. It had long sought to replace the open MP3f
| ormat with its own ATRAC audio compression scheme in order to retain
| control over digital music files and limit the potential for music
| file sharing.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/CEE58947-0EE3-44B1-AAEB-28CDCB307ADE.html
Zune problems for MSN customers
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| ...in a move that could alienate some customers, MSN-bought tracks
| will not be compatible with the new gadget.
|
| The move could also spell problems for the makers of MP3 players
| which are built to work with the MSN store.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6120272.stm
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
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| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
Closed systems leave song buyers out in the cold
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| The top consumer complaint at online music service Napster:
| Songs purchased at Napster won't play on Apple's iPod.
|
| It's not Napster's fault. Apple's hugely successful iPod
| business is built on a closed system. You shop at iTunes MusicS
| tore for digital songs and use iTunes software to transfer them
| effortlessly to the iPod.
|
| The system works great for iPod owners. For others, there's a
| chaos of competing formats.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20061016/tc_usatoday/closedsystemsleavesongbuyersoutinthecold
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