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DVD-CSS's Encryption Not Enough? Here Comes DECE
An anonymous reader writes "Studios digitally restricting (drm) or locking down content with DVD-CSS not enough for you? Well, get ready, here comes the entertainment cartel's Holy Grail, all-hardware encryption, via 'DECE.' And let's not forget this little issue."
"Once it's digital the costs to the manufacturer drop and profit soars yet the consumer doesn't see any of that. We're still paying $10 bucks for a CD (sans the CD) how many years later?"
So? Its whats on the CD you're paying for and always has been. The CD itself is worth pennies. Its pretty naive to think that just because the format changes there'll be a serious shift in the price.
"The whole economics of today seems like it's paying only for exorbitant CEO profits and studio whoring."
It may well be overpriced , but at the end of the day media isn't one of lifes necessities. If you don't like the price don't buy the goods. If everyone did that then they'd soon get the message. They only get away with charging high prices because theres enough people willing to pay them. Thats what capitalism is all about isn't it? Supply and demand?
/. is an odd crowd. Many people here seem to hold the belief that if something doesn't benefit them directly, immediately and frequently they shouldn't have to pay any money towards that thing.
They also seem to believe that the 'burbclave' of Snowcrash is the ideal community, at least for their desired population size (which tends towards 1).
GP was advocating a very antisocial approach.
P was admonishing the antisocial approach.
I was commenting on the admonishment and its probable lack of impact on the audience.