(Adapted from the widely overused 'Footprints in the Sand' poem.)
One night I dreamed I was sitting in front of my computer next to Sony. Many scenes of past contact with Sony products flickered across the screen. In most scenes I noticed some form of DRM helping me managing my digital rights, but in some there appeared to be none at all.
This bothered me because I couldn't understand why Sony wouldn't care for some of its intellectual properties. Especially music CDs seemed to be completely unprotected. So I said to Sony,
"You promised me, that if I bought your products, you would always help me protect my digital rights. But I have noticed that especially IP in dire need of protection, like music CDs, has had no protection at all. Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"
Sony replied, "The times when you didn't notice any kind of DRM, my child, is when I rootkited you."
And what exactly is the difference? A song costs me a dollar. and is easy to purchase (Amazon, iTunes,...). Still, the RIAA is quiet happy to sue people for pirating songs.
FTFA: "Why is Slashdot almost irrelevant to the social media community? It used to be the biggest driver of traffic to tech web sites, but now it hardly delivers any traffic at all to them."
That's because:
a) half of the readers hardly even read the headline before commenting, much less click on the link
b) the other half doesn't want to click through a 10 pages article cluttered with annoying ads
Slashdot Mirror
Sound a lot like politicians. It's a sad fact that the skills you need to get to a position of power are not the ones you need when you are there.
(Adapted from the widely overused 'Footprints in the Sand' poem.)
One night I dreamed I was sitting in front of my computer next to Sony.
Many scenes of past contact with Sony products flickered across the screen.
In most scenes I noticed some form of DRM helping me managing my digital rights,
but in some there appeared to be none at all.
This bothered me because I couldn't understand why Sony wouldn't care for some of its intellectual properties.
Especially music CDs seemed to be completely unprotected. So I said to Sony,
"You promised me, that if I bought your products, you would always help me protect my digital rights.
But I have noticed that especially IP in dire need of protection, like music CDs, has had no protection at all.
Why, when I needed you most, have you not been there for me?"
Sony replied, "The times when you didn't notice any kind of DRM, my child, is when I rootkited you."
And what exactly is the difference? A song costs me a dollar. and is easy to purchase (Amazon, iTunes, ...). Still, the RIAA is quiet happy to sue people for pirating songs.
Offtopic: Am I the only one getting a Bussiness Software Alliance anti piracy ad on top?
FTFA: "Why is Slashdot almost irrelevant to the social media community? It used to be the biggest driver of traffic to tech web sites, but now it hardly delivers any traffic at all to them."
That's because:
a) half of the readers hardly even read the headline before commenting, much less click on the link
b) the other half doesn't want to click through a 10 pages article cluttered with annoying ads
As far as I can tell the out-of-process feature doesn't work for the Adobe Acrobat plugin.
Why should one spend 5000$ to let someone else edit his wikipedia entry when he can do it on his own for free?