Rosen Believes RIAA is Wrong about P2P Lawsuits

Newer Guy writes "Former RIAA head Hilary Rosen now believes that the RIAA is wrong by pursuing their lawsuits of individuals for using P2P programs. In a blog post, she writes that she believes the lawsuits have 'outlived their usefulness' and states that the content providers really need to come up with their own download systems. She also is down on DRM, calling Apple's DRM 'a pain.'"

Comments

A pain?

[Have Blue]

Where is that quote about 'a pain' from? It's not anywhere in the linked article.

And there's always the cynical view of "Apple's DRM is a pain because with a single company dominating the market we can't play competing stores off against each other like we used to".

Re:Have You Ever Noticed?

[Kihaji]

Call back when you realize you can burn the songs to CD and rip them into any unencumbered format you choose.

Re:Have You Ever Noticed?

[jZnat]

You've completely fucking missed the point. Locks protect physical property. Y'know, things that can be stolen and prosecuted for in a criminal court of law. Locking up 0's and 1's that can be losslessly copied doesn't even make sense. You can't lock up a public idea (although you can keep it private, but now you no longer will be making money by publishing it), so don't even begin to make that comparison.