For the same reason (as you agree) it'll continue to fade away.
The whole point of both interfaces is to allow external, portable interfaces. I know that any office I go to with a portable USB drive will be able to read it. Worst case scenario, it's over USB 1.1, but it's still usable.
If I bring a firewire drive, I'll get funny looks, and it has a pretty good chance of not working. Even though most recent mid to high end motherboards have it, almost everyone has never used it. There's a very high chance that drivers aren't installed, or that the front panel jack isn't even plugged in. Of course, there's also the very high percentage of laptops without a jack at all, and lower end desktops.
No one reads those things, and no one is intended to. If they were intended to convey information, rather than obscure it, they would be no longer than a paragraph and in plain English.
If they'd created something along the lines of iTunes without DRM in the late 90's, it might have done what video rental did for film studios.
They didn't.
We've had free music for over a decade, and I for one have absolutely no inclination to start paying now. I'd probably be willing to pay if I could be assured that all the proceeds went to the artists, but otherwise I wouldn't even consider it.
Even a cursory google would confirm this for you. Either accept it as a given for the sake of argument, or don't bother responding. This is the last I have to say on the matter.
A protected path DRM implementation has to be operational at all times by definition. If it isn't operational, the path isn't protected. You'd be somewhat correct in the case of the old style windows media DRM; that could (in theory) be written in a modular way similar to decoding plugins. However, it would still be taking up drive space without giving any benefit to the owner of the drive.
If Microsoft stood up to Sony/whoever backs HD DVD, they'd have to either give up the draconian DRM or the Windows platform. Guess which they'd choose?
Regardless, we'll all still be able to see the content, because all DRM is cracked if it protects anything worth having.
I commend PBS for both being able to gracefully admit that they were wrong.
They're creating children's television. There isn't room for the historical nuance that we once thought of tobacco as OK, but we know better now. Better to give them a simpler message and let them delve into the history when they're older.
But even if it weren't, DRM - by definition - must have a negative impact on users. It takes up resources that could otherwise be put to use in the interest of the user.
And further, we know that they can't *now*. We have nuclear power now. Research into those things for the future is great, but they won't reduce our carbon emissions today.
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You asked for my personal experience with AV equipment. That's when it "became about me".
I neither use nor care one bit about AV tools.
I guarantee the people you reference have their cheques signed by people using grown up computers.
If the system you need to connect to doesn't have a firewire interface? A lot more that 10% slower, I'd imagine.
It's ubiquity. USB is everywhere, firewire is not.
As soon as you leave the walled garden, you have to use grown up tools.
For the same reason (as you agree) it'll continue to fade away.
The whole point of both interfaces is to allow external, portable interfaces. I know that any office I go to with a portable USB drive will be able to read it. Worst case scenario, it's over USB 1.1, but it's still usable.
If I bring a firewire drive, I'll get funny looks, and it has a pretty good chance of not working. Even though most recent mid to high end motherboards have it, almost everyone has never used it. There's a very high chance that drivers aren't installed, or that the front panel jack isn't even plugged in. Of course, there's also the very high percentage of laptops without a jack at all, and lower end desktops.
But Nintendo does know about these scalpers, and is well within its rights not to send them any more product.
And Nintendo has the freedom not to sell to the scalpers.
They most certainly can dictate a *maximum*.
No one reads those things, and no one is intended to. If they were intended to convey information, rather than obscure it, they would be no longer than a paragraph and in plain English.
If you really want that sort of behaviour, why haven't you switched to Vista? That sort of behaviour is a big part of why hardly anyone is?
If they'd created something along the lines of iTunes without DRM in the late 90's, it might have done what video rental did for film studios.
They didn't.
We've had free music for over a decade, and I for one have absolutely no inclination to start paying now. I'd probably be willing to pay if I could be assured that all the proceeds went to the artists, but otherwise I wouldn't even consider it.
Welcome to the internet. Are you from the past?
The issue is over cops who tase people they wouldn't have otherwise shot.
If they'd come out with 99 cent tracks in 1998, it might have worked. They fought it for a decade, and now it's too late for that price point.
They can sell me 256 kbps mp3s for 10 cents a track or less (with at least 9 cents going directly to the artist), or I will get them for free.
I've never heard of an electrical fire save for cases where people have been prevented from hiring professional electricians by draconian laws.
Even a cursory google would confirm this for you. Either accept it as a given for the sake of argument, or don't bother responding. This is the last I have to say on the matter.
A protected path DRM implementation has to be operational at all times by definition. If it isn't operational, the path isn't protected. You'd be somewhat correct in the case of the old style windows media DRM; that could (in theory) be written in a modular way similar to decoding plugins. However, it would still be taking up drive space without giving any benefit to the owner of the drive.
If Microsoft stood up to Sony/whoever backs HD DVD, they'd have to either give up the draconian DRM or the Windows platform. Guess which they'd choose?
Regardless, we'll all still be able to see the content, because all DRM is cracked if it protects anything worth having.
I commend PBS for both being able to gracefully admit that they were wrong.
They're creating children's television. There isn't room for the historical nuance that we once thought of tobacco as OK, but we know better now. Better to give them a simpler message and let them delve into the history when they're older.
It is impacting non DRM files.
But even if it weren't, DRM - by definition - must have a negative impact on users. It takes up resources that could otherwise be put to use in the interest of the user.
Who do you think the path is protected *from*?
The DRM and protected path nonsense is pretty radical, and of significant negative value to anyone who actually uses the platform.
Further, Microsoft is doing it's best to ensure people haven't the option not to upgrade.
That's the longest articulation of "nothing" that I've seen in a long while.
What does Vista do that XP doesn't?
And further, we know that they can't *now*. We have nuclear power now. Research into those things for the future is great, but they won't reduce our carbon emissions today.
Just their organs.