Content Control in Mobile Devices

BigJim.fr writes: "Mobile operators envision the handset as the ultimate closed platform providing an opportunity to regain end to end control over content distribution. Right to replay from Total Telecom provides insight into how they imagine user-hostile digital right management systems in the near future." Excellent article.

Comments

Will the stupidity never cease?

[wowbagger]

They repeat the same erroneous statement "... a standard DRM is not as secure as a proprietary one..." Stupidity #1: security through obscurity.

The next stupidity is the assumption that I want to [watch movies|listen to music] on my cellphone. Until my phone becomes a general purpose PDA, I want to do one thing only on my phone - communicate.

The third stupidity is the assumption that, given that I want to "experience content" on my phone/PDA, that I am willing to pay over and over again to do so. DiVX died, get over it. I've paid for it, it's on my damn PDA, I want to enjoy it over and over again.

Oh well - their "proprietary" DRM will be like unto the cheese of the Swiss, and the righteous will properly manage their rights.