____/ John Bailo on Monday 16 July 2007 06:21 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> So why do you buy Defective by Design music? To be honest with you, I never
>> encountered any form of DRM, not even in eBooks. Encryption is not for
>> access control, it's for privacy.
>
> It does have one very useful feature and that is it allows subscription
> or rental services.
But don't you see that transforming the model to one where music (media) gets
rented leads to losses?
> For example, for only $15 a month I can listen to 1,000,000 CDs on
> Rhapsody (including on Linux using Web Rhapsody).
>
> And now Netflix, using DRM, allows me to to get 24 hours of online movie
> viewing as an adjunct to their DVD deliveries.
>
>
> DRM is actually a very disruptive technology -- because it threatens the
> old school iTunes, sell you a song market, and it challenges the "steal
> a song" bittorrent.
Well, it's a "disruptive technology", all right. It disrupts a lot of things
for the consumer, not the business. That is a very bad thing.
> It's my kind of technology -- if done right, it lets the consumer win by
> buying only the media they need, at a very low price. Much cheaper
> than buying every CD, DVD, mp3 that you would ever want and far less
> wasteful and redundant.
You don't buy, you rent. You then run out and you are forced to come out and
get some more. Putting expiry dates on data is culture gone backwards. Food
expires. Knowledge needs to endure and be preserved.
> The real question is why is Linux so far behind on DRM...
Linux serves consumers. It's written by the consumer, for the consumer (with
assistance from companies that respect and appreciate the fact that happy
consumers will return). Windows and Mac OS are written for greedy people at
their command. These people have other friends in industry, e.g. in the media
companies.
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~~ Best of wishes
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