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DefectiveByDesign Supporters to Call on RIAA Execs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the letting-em-know dept.

johnsu01 writes "DefectiveByDesign.org is organizing a call-in campaign for today. People around the country will be calling high-ranking RIAA officials to deliver the message that DRM is an unacceptable restriction on the freedom of consumers and citizens. DefectiveByDesign will provide the numbers to call when you sign up. This action should attract the people who thought that Apple was not a good target because it is the RIAA that requires DRM and those who think that wearing HazMat suits is obnoxious. Everyone can vote with their dollars, but that doesn't tell the RIAA why they aren't getting the dollars. With a few thousand people signed up already, they will undoubtedly know after today."

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  1. The problem looks a lot different in their shoes by contrar1an · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    DRM is a solution to piracy. It isn't a great solution, but if music is free to redistribute, then very few will be original distributors. Scarcity is an essential concept in economics.

    Consider for a moment that you produce an electronic product (e.g., music, movies, video games, etc). How will you get paid for your efforts? If the cost of production (and reproduction) is zero, and you have no way to limit it, you will have a hard road ahead.

    Broadcast TV, and radio are free. They use commercials to generate revenue. But, redistributing them is still not legal, even though the original broadcast was free.

    It amuzes me that kids think free music is a right. It takes a lot of effort to produce a quality product (of any kind). Demanding that it be free is insane.

    I know there are those out there that will split hairs and say "we don't want it to be free, I just want to do what I want with _my_ music". It isn't "your" music. The people that produce and distribute it are willing to let you listen to it, _if_ you are willing to agree to their terms. You don't have to agree to their terms. But, then you don't get to listen.

    Put your self in their shoes. Pretend for a moment that you produce something of value (from what I've read on /. that will be a huge stretch ). Then, consider that someone is giving it away for free. Then, you will understand DRM.