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The Perils of DRM — When Content Providers Die
An anonymous reader writes "If you purchase music or movies online, what happens if the vendor goes out of business? Will you have trouble accessing your content? The question came up recently after HDGiants — provider of high-quality audio and video downloads — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A consumer says his content became locked inside his PC. Walmart customers suffered a similar fate last year when the retailer shut down its DRM servers (a decision they reversed after many complaints). And if Vudu dies? Your content may be locked in a proprietary box forever. Time to start buying discs again?"
It's assholes like you who will ruin the internet for everyone.
First fucked your dead great grandmother!
Is there anyone on slashdot left that thinks the DMCA has screwed the consumer? What about any users left that actually support piracy? I posted a sentence blasting the DMCA in another related thread and got ANOTHER troll mod. Stop it please, my karma is cratered already.
Murder? Is that the only crime you can come up with, dumbshit? How about treating it theft? Oh, wait, then it doesn't sound stupid.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.