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MLB Fans Who Bought DRM Videos Get Hosed
Billosaur writes "Major League Baseball has just strengthened the case against DRM. If you downloaded videos of baseball games from MLB.com before 2006, apparently they no longer work and you are out of luck. MLB.com, sometime during 2006, changed their DRM system. Result: game videos purchased before that time will now no longer work, as the previous DRM system is no longer supported. When the video is played, apparently the MLB.com servers are contacted and a license obtained to verify the authenticity of the video; this is done by a web link. That link no longer exists, and so now the videos will no longer play, even though the MLB FAQ says that a license is only obtained once and will not need to be re-obtained. The blogger who is reporting this contacted MLB technical support, only to be told there are no refunds due to this problem."
Serves them right. If you support DRM by buying this shit I don't feel sorry for you when it no longer works.
You got what you paid for and everybody told you so beforehand.
[OT] That's like those people who actually buy that viagra spam, because it's impossible to get from the pharmacy.
You shouldn't pay money for anything. I have all these VHS tapes and no working player. Do they expect me to go buy another VCR? Screw them, they should give me the HD-DVDs for free. That's why I pirate. I deserve to be entertained.
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> ...what kind of person has so much time on their hands that they would ever want to watch
> a baseball game from previous seasons?
What kind of person has so much time on their hands that they would ever want to watch a major-league baseball game, full stop?
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This is BAD DRM, and sucks, and the people responsible are idiots and should be sued. but to equate not being able to watch sports videos with fascism is just immature bullshit that makes you look foolish.
With equating corporations with the governemnt (not a big stretch to some that believe all polititians are already bought), this is exactly fascism. The government is telling you what you can do, when, and how. Yes, this isn't as bad as the cases that lead to the definition of fascism, but it is fascism none the less.
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