This lawsuit will not set any legal precedent because it will be settled out of court. Why? Because it's simply a negotiation tactic by Viacom to get more from Google. The other content companies have already signed revenue sharing agreements; Viacom wants the same but more with more money. Viacom thinks that this lawsuit a way to convince Google that YouTube needs to pay more.
Clearly people will be cracking the more-popular DRM, and that happens to be Apple's FairPlay.
I doubt that's the reason. I believe FairPlay has been hacked more often simply because it hasn't been implemented well. Apple slapped together something simply to please the record companies. Ultimately, they want to sell iPods. The more music people have, the more likely they'll by iPods.
PlaysForSure hasn't been hacked nearly as often because Microsoft invests lots of time and money to make its DRM as unbreakable as possible. Why? Because Microsoft wants to sell you content. If everyone has a Zune and an Xbox then the content providers can sell you music, movies, and tv shows with Microsoft's DRM and Microsoft gets a cut of the action. Microsoft needs DRM to make money every time people listen to music or watch movies.
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This lawsuit will not set any legal precedent because it will be settled out of court. Why? Because it's simply a negotiation tactic by Viacom to get more from Google. The other content companies have already signed revenue sharing agreements; Viacom wants the same but more with more money. Viacom thinks that this lawsuit a way to convince Google that YouTube needs to pay more.
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I doubt that's the reason. I believe FairPlay has been hacked more often simply because it hasn't been implemented well. Apple slapped together something simply to please the record companies. Ultimately, they want to sell iPods. The more music people have, the more likely they'll by iPods.
PlaysForSure hasn't been hacked nearly as often because Microsoft invests lots of time and money to make its DRM as unbreakable as possible. Why? Because Microsoft wants to sell you content. If everyone has a Zune and an Xbox then the content providers can sell you music, movies, and tv shows with Microsoft's DRM and Microsoft gets a cut of the action. Microsoft needs DRM to make money every time people listen to music or watch movies.