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Japan's Cell Phones May Get DRM, At Music Industry Behest
An anonymous reader writes "The Japanese Music Industry is currently in talks with Japanese cell phone providers to introduce a new anti-piracy system in all cell phones in Japan. This new system would make DRM software mandatory in all cell phones; this would connect to a DRM server on the Internet whenever the cell phone user would try to play a song. The song would only play if the response of the server would be positive. Otherwise no song would be played. The system raises several questions and concerns that the Financial Times article did not address. These include ripped legally bought music and music that has been released under a CC license or similar. Who would pay for the costs of the DRM checks, and what would happen if no connection could be established?"
ahaha! slashdot is down, last post?
most people don't have a computer? huh? what fucking desert did you just crawl out of? everyone and their grandmother has a computer. maybe if you replaced the words "have a computer" with "know how to use their computer" then your statement might be a little more accurate.
you think that some global company would rather "decrease their profits and shareholder value"?
What is the fucking problem here? Is everyone with a cellphone so bereft of imagination that they can't be disconnected from the electronic tit for ten minutes? Why the fuck do people have to have music, especially silly-ass ringtones, running between their ears minute-by-minute?
Just because some marketing whore thinks up a "feature" to put on a phone, everyone just _has_ to have it. Buy a goddamned mind. Every time you lap up the latest bullshit "feature", you're just furthering your slavery to the corporations. Tell them to go fuck themselves.
Now if you want to make a billion dollars, invent a bluetooth-activated dildo that fires up on every incoming call. It will certainly contribute to shorter calls so you can get the next one.
stop whining you pathetic little thief
Will I be forbidden from exchanging my own recordings (of my baby laughing or whatever) with my friends?
One can only hope you'd ban yourself. No one needs to hear your baby laughing. It may be cool to you but every baby since creation has laughed and no one is interested in yours. If they pretend to be interested, they're not and in fact will discuss what a boring pain in the rear you are behind your back. I say this as father of a 1 year old that is fascinated by his every development but wouldn't dream of boring friends with it.
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