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Posted by Forceflow on Tue Apr 10th at 9:49am 2007

I've found a very interesting article on DRM. It is written in a style easy to follow for everyone, even people who aren't really totally into the subject.

I'd advise anyone (with half an hour of time to spend) to read through it. It has changed my views on DRM quite a bit.

http://www.dashes.com/anil/stuff/doctorow-drm-ms.html

Plus: the guy jokes around quite a lot, he's a science-fiction writer too <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">


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Posted by OtZman on Tue Apr 10th at 11:35am 2007

What is DRM?


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Posted by Naklajat on Tue Apr 10th at 1:02pm 2007

Besides a way to punish honest consumers and provide a trivial speedbump to thieves? Digital Rights Management. It's the reason you can't play music files bought from certain sources in certain music players.


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Posted by Rumple on Tue Apr 10th at 2:03pm 2007

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What is DRM?


Digital Rights Management, basically its the stuff on mp3's (for example) that prevents copying etc.


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Posted by OtZman on Tue Apr 10th at 5:26pm 2007

Oh my, sounds evil. Although I understand why piracy is bad and all that it sucks if it affects all those that buy a product.


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Posted by Gwil on Tue Apr 10th at 5:49pm 2007

Apple are changing their rules on DRM I heard, recently. I didn't read the article myself as it doesn't really interest me, but I've seen plenty of discussion on it here. It relates to EMI as well... somehow :P




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Posted by reaper47 on Tue Apr 10th at 6:15pm 2007

Pwned - a blog on the subject I can recommend.

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You are not the gatekeeper of music.. Those days are over... The internet is not your competitor.



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Posted by Rumple on Wed Apr 11th at 2:54am 2007

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Apple are changing their rules on DRM I heard, recently. I didn't read
the article myself as it doesn't really interest me, but I've seen
plenty of discussion on it here. It relates to EMI as well... somehow image


Basically, all EMI tracks will be available in 2 formats, the regular DRM-mp3/aac at the same price currently and DRM-Free mp3/aac at a higher bitrate for 30c more, you will also be able to 'upgrade' any of your tracks for the difference in price.


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Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Apr 11th at 5:54am 2007

DRM is why I stopped buying a lot of very specific albums. They had so much extra garbage that I just could not justify purchasing it. I don't appreciate having old rights and eases of use taken away and sugar-coated to sound like they're doing me a favour.




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