Comments on: DRM is bad, m’kay? http://www.brianandpamela.com/2006-10-03/drm-is-bad-mkay/ A well of useless information and random musings Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:50:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: BrianAndPamela.com » One more thing: "DRM may never work to halt piracy" http://www.brianandpamela.com/2006-10-03/drm-is-bad-mkay/#comment-167 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:14:32 +0000 http://www.brianandpamela.com/2006-10-03/drm-is-bad-mkay/#comment-167 [...] I made a bold statement back in October that the only people that are inconvenienced are legitimate customers.  That people who are serious about stealing music are going to do it anyway.  I'm not by any means the only one saying it.  Bloggers have been saying it.  DefectiveByDesign has been saying it.  The EFF says it. Bill Gates said it. [...] […] I made a bold statement back in October that the only people that are inconvenienced are legitimate customers.  That people who are serious about stealing music are going to do it anyway.  I'm not by any means the only one saying it.  Bloggers have been saying it.  DefectiveByDesign has been saying it.  The EFF says it. Bill Gates said it. […]

]]> by: Pamela http://www.brianandpamela.com/2006-10-03/drm-is-bad-mkay/#comment-4 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:48:26 +0000 http://www.brianandpamela.com/2006-10-03/drm-is-bad-mkay/#comment-4 I'd like to know more about the US legal aspect to this. Is there any sort of necessary legislative permission in the works to allow the companies to get away with this, or does it fall completely within their rights as the license owners? Is there truly NOTHING we can do other than not buy the music in the first place? Is there a program that will catch embedded spytools that could be contained in something someone sends to us, unrequested? How has Sony not been sued privately? Is there no law against companies secretly sabatoging their customers? If GM intentionally installed software in my van to copy all the conversations I made on my OnStar phone, people would go ballistic, GM would be made to apologize, and send me to the dealer fix the problem at their expense. They would, at the very least, be punished by the fact that people have many other choices in cars and learn their lesson with their bank balance. Music is art. There will always be artists who copy, artists who take off in their own direction, artists who create for a niche and never stray. Someone new is always up and coming in whatever style you can think of. There's no serious concern of missing out on good music by choosing not to buy mainstream hyper regulated music. Great music is waiting to be discovered outside of the iTunes list and the cd rack at Borders. No one artist or group is so stupendously fabulous that I'm willing to risk my personal privacy and $16 cd fun money to hear them in one format only. Bring on the independents! The only way to tackle Big Content is to hit 'em where it hurts...profit. I’d like to know more about the US legal aspect to this. Is there any sort of necessary legislative permission in the works to allow the companies to get away with this, or does it fall completely within their rights as the license owners? Is there truly NOTHING we can do other than not buy the music in the first place? Is there a program that will catch embedded spytools that could be contained in something someone sends to us, unrequested? How has Sony not been sued privately? Is there no law against companies secretly sabatoging their customers? If GM intentionally installed software in my van to copy all the conversations I made on my OnStar phone, people would go ballistic, GM would be made to apologize, and send me to the dealer fix the problem at their expense. They would, at the very least, be punished by the fact that people have many other choices in cars and learn their lesson with their bank balance.

Music is art. There will always be artists who copy, artists who take off in their own direction, artists who create for a niche and never stray. Someone new is always up and coming in whatever style you can think of. There’s no serious concern of missing out on good music by choosing not to buy mainstream hyper regulated music. Great music is waiting to be discovered outside of the iTunes list and the cd rack at Borders. No one artist or group is so stupendously fabulous that I’m willing to risk my personal privacy and $16 cd fun money to hear them in one format only. Bring on the independents! The only way to tackle Big Content is to hit ‘em where it hurts…profit.

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