Arrington reports: Gates says DRM is lame
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Microsoft had a couple of bloggers up to Redmond to meet with (among other people) Bill Gates. Mike Arrington is reporting in TechCrunch that in response to a question about DRM, Gates responded that he agreed DRM had major issues.
Quoth Techcrunch (quoting Gates…how's that for fourth hand sources?):
Gates said that no one is satisfied with the current state of DRM, which “causes too much pain for legitmate buyers” while trying to distinguish between legal and illegal uses. He says no one has done it right, yet. There are “huge problems” with DRM, he says, and “we need more flexible models, such as the ability to “buy an artist out for life” (not sure what he means). He also criticized DRM schemes that try to install intelligence in each copy so that it is device specific.
His short term advice: “People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.”
You heard the man… what are you waiting for? Rip…Mix…Burn, baby burn.
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