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Re: DRM Posted by Forceflow on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 9:49am
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Posted 2007-04-10 9:49am
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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 :smile:
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Re: DRM Posted by OtZman on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 11:35am
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Posted 2007-04-10 11:35am
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What is DRM?
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Re: DRM Posted by Naklajat on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 1:02pm
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Posted 2007-04-10 1:02pm
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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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Re: DRM Posted by Rumple on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 2:03pm
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Posted 2007-04-10 2:03pm
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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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Re: DRM Posted by OtZman on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 5:26pm
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Posted 2007-04-10 5:26pm
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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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Re: DRM Posted by Gwil on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 5:49pm
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Posted 2007-04-10 5:49pm
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2864 posts 315 snarkmarks Registered: Oct 13th 2001 Occupation: Student Location: Derbyshire, UK
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 :razz:
Re: DRM Posted by reaper47 on Tue Apr 10th 2007 at 6:15pm
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Posted 2007-04-10 6:15pm
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Pwned - a blog on the subject I can recommend.
You are not the gatekeeper of music.. Those days are over... The internet is not your competitor.
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Re: DRM Posted by Rumple on Wed Apr 11th 2007 at 2:54am
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Posted 2007-04-11 2:54am
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Rumple
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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 :razz:
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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Re: DRM Posted by Gorbachev on Wed Apr 11th 2007 at 5:54am
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Posted 2007-04-11 5:54am
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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.