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Real DRM

Posted by michael on from the one-drm-to-bind-you dept.

Cinematique writes "C|Net is reporting that RealNetworks has released a format-independent Digital Rights Management software called Helix DRM. Real states that MP3, AAC, and even OGG can now be released with a DRM wrapper. And this is groundbreaking how? More importantly, do they expect content producers and consumers alike to really adopt this?"

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  1. parallel concept by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Real states that MP3, AAC, and even OGG can now be released with a DRM wrapper." Candy-bars have wrappers too, and they are typically removed, then the candy-bar is consumed.

    1. Re:parallel concept by medscaper · · Score: 5, Funny
      Candy-bars have wrappers too, and they are typically removed, then the candy-bar is consumed.

      Yeah, but most of the time when I unwrap a candy bar, I expect (and usually get) some _real_ content. In this case, it's just more Real(tm) crap.

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  2. Real's business model. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    1. give out free player and charge for server
    2. lose market share to every other game in town
    3. come up with proprietary protection that no one will use.
    4. ???
    5. no profit
    6. bankruptcy!

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  3. well, something tells me that by frenetic3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    it'll easy for them to enforce their DRM, since they've made a couple million computers their bitches after having installed RealPlayer...

    i guess we now know what those 94 "helper" processes that Real products always run on startup were, and what all those hidden registry keys were for :P

    and you figure that they've collected your e-mail address at least 66 times on installation.

    i wish they'd at least be honest with me and change their tray icon to a picture of Satan ramming me in the ass.

    (AND NO, I DON'T WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY FUCKING CHECK FOR UPDATES! CHRIST!) :P

    -fren

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  4. Real DRM by The+Gline · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as opposed to that nasty fake artificial DRM.

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  5. Re:Obnoxious by shepd · · Score: 5, Funny

    >but if you take the time to go into the config menus you can turn almost all of it off (otherwise I would have uninstalled it).

    So, you went through these steps then?

    - Tell it you don't want to register
    - Tell it you don't want it to eat your screen up with ads and such
    - Tell it you don't want to it take over your file associations
    - Tell it you don't want it to send your personal data to real
    - Stop the automatic stuff from playing
    - Tell it not to play the automatic stuff again
    - Tell it you don't want start center enabled
    - Tell it you really wanted to do the above
    - Tell it you don't want the "latest" version
    - Tell it you don't want to register
    - Tell it you don't want it to eat your screen up with ads and such
    - Tell it you don't want to it take over your file associations
    - Tell it you don't want it to send your personal data to real
    - Tell it you don't want to register
    - Tell it you don't want it to eat your screen up with ads and such
    - Tell it you don't want to it take over your file associations
    - Tell it you don't want it to send your personal data to real

    Yup, that's right, you have to redo a lot of the steps if you want to keep your realplayer private.

    Anyways, I'm sorry, but I get paid too much per hour to go through that trouble again. And on one job I'm only a dollar an hour away from minimum wage! They can keep their trash.

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