I restrict it to america because thats where the biggest suppliers of DRM are right now (ITMS, Napster, etc). These companies are including DRM because they are being forced to by the RIAA (recording industry association of america. I'm not saying that its not a problem in other countries, I'm just saying that the root of the problem is here.
Heres the problem with what you've suggested:
suppose you got everyone to not buy DRM content. Is that really going to send the message that we don't want DRM? Or are they simply going to think that people don't want to buy music online and that they'd rather steal it?
Now suppose that millions of DRM'd songs are sold in a very short period of time. And then a few hackers here and there develop point and click solutions for stripping the DRM from those songs and then its use becomes widespread NOW we're sending a message.
I have been reading a lot of comments on here where people are bitching about the fact that the system was hacked. "if you don't like DRM, don't use iTMS" - things of that nature.
WTF people. How is corporate america going to learn its lesson unless we teach it to them? Are we just going to bow down to them and do whatever they want us to do? Or are we going to have to prove to them that DRM is pointless and will never work?
We are telling them that we don't mind paying for music. That the rise of illegal file swapping wasn't because it was an easy way to steal music, it was simply a better way to acquire and listen to music. That DRM is just a false sense of security for the RIAA and really is unnecessary (see my previous post here)
I hope every DRM everywhere is broken. What are they going to do? Stop selling media?
Walking into a brick and mortar building and purchasing a good old fashioned CD is still a method for getting music. And it doesn't have a DRM attached to it.
So why does everyone insist on attaching a DRM to purchased music files? How are they different than the physical CD? A physical CD takes me less than 3 minutes to either rip into AAC or make a physical copy and pass around to whomever I please.
Putting a DRM on things is just like saying, PLEASE, TRY AND HACK ME. Its no different than telling kids that they can't drink until they're 21. If you don't make a big deal out of it, neither will they (look at countries that don't have a drinking age for example).
On top of that, we all know that DRM is a useless technology. You give the person an encrypted file AND the keys to open it. Wheres the security?
And now for the honer system theory....
If it were made blatantly clear when you purchased a song from the iTMS that YOUR NAME and ACCOUNT NUMBER were embedded into the file (just like a license plate on a car), I would certainly think twice about sharing that file on a P2P network. At the same time I would have an unlocked unrestricted file to do as I please with.
yes, there are a million ways to get a copy of music that you bought... heck, iTunes even comes with a way BUILT IN to do this (it will burn purchased music to a CD). But most of us are only interested in ways of deDRMing that don't involve a generational loss in quality.
as of january there were only 10 million iPods in circulation... if there were 20 million out there by now I think the stock would be over $100 per share by now;)
I have been looking around for a bluetooth 2+ button mouse to use with my powerbook and I can't seem to find a decent one that works with OSX.
Most of them come with a dock / hangup charger that also acts as a bluetooth hub - which I don't need my laptop has built in blue tooth. The whole point is to eliminate wires, not have some stupid hub that I have to have plugged into my laptop anyway - I might as well stick to my usb mouse.
If apple designed a 2 button bluetooth mouse (hopefully with a scroll wheel) I would be very happy
All modern macs have an eject button on the keyboard which ejects the superdrive. This is especially advantageous because you can't accidentally hit the button while carrying the computer and have the disk come flying out (which is exactly what would happen with my old dell laptop). they even designed it so you have to hold the button in for 2 seconds before the drive will eject so that you don't accidentally eject the drive if you miss the delete key.
competition is good - it will keep apple on its toes. I think this announcement had a pretty big impact on AAPL today though its dropped about 2 dollars a share - yikes.
Its kind of a ironic, in a few years (likely before 2015) joe schmoe will be able to buy a ticket to space thanks to the ground breaking success of spaceship one.
pay per view Top Gear. Top Gear is an incredibly awesome car show on the BBC that you can't get here in the states. Its things like this that I think people would buy.
How the heck does this work? There is a noticeable lag when streaming iTunes music to the airport express speakers, so how the hell does the audio stay in sync with the video?
Oppenheimer articulated Apple's current philosophy when it comes to "media center" computers -- PCs designed to work in the living room as a component of a home entertainment system, recording video, playing back music and more. While Oppenheimer admitted some consumers may be interested in media center PCs and that a Mac mini might be suitable, he said that "most customers" would prefer to have a more powerful computer in their office or den and leverage wireless networking to stream content to their home entertainment system.
As a practical example, Oppenheimer pointed to AirTunes -- a feature of iTunes that works in conjunction with Apple's AirPort Express wireless networking hub. The AirPort Express features an audio jack that can connect to the home entertainment system using a mini jack or a digital optical cable. Music can then be streamed from the computer playing iTunes to the stereo.
The iPod won't be getting video capabilities any time soon if current players are any indication, said Oppenheimer. Today's crop of portable media viewers are too bulky to carry as comfortably as the iPod, yet have screens he said are too small to enjoy a movie the same way you would on a TV or laptop. "Our view is that they've failed in the marketplace," said Oppenheimer.
yeah, except... I can't count the number of times I've heard your average joe admit that their machine needs to be rebuilt because their computer is bogged down with viruses and is running slow?
What's the average windows installation good for these days anyway? 6 months?
this would fall under fair use - silence cannot be copyrighted.
From the US Copyright Office Website: "The distinction between "fair use" and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission."
I like to apply the pendulum theory to microsoft's success. They've had a giant long swooping upswing, but I think we can all agree that the upswing has lost its momentum...soon gravity will take over (I hope)
Then pendulum theory fits apple as well, except right now we're witnessing their second upswing and I feel there is A LOT of momentum this time.
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I restrict it to america because thats where the biggest suppliers of DRM are right now (ITMS, Napster, etc). These companies are including DRM because they are being forced to by the RIAA (recording industry association of america. I'm not saying that its not a problem in other countries, I'm just saying that the root of the problem is here.
Heres the problem with what you've suggested:
suppose you got everyone to not buy DRM content. Is that really going to send the message that we don't want DRM? Or are they simply going to think that people don't want to buy music online and that they'd rather steal it?
Now suppose that millions of DRM'd songs are sold in a very short period of time. And then a few hackers here and there develop point and click solutions for stripping the DRM from those songs and then its use becomes widespread NOW we're sending a message.
I have been reading a lot of comments on here where people are bitching about the fact that the system was hacked. "if you don't like DRM, don't use iTMS" - things of that nature.
WTF people. How is corporate america going to learn its lesson unless we teach it to them? Are we just going to bow down to them and do whatever they want us to do? Or are we going to have to prove to them that DRM is pointless and will never work?
We are telling them that we don't mind paying for music. That the rise of illegal file swapping wasn't because it was an easy way to steal music, it was simply a better way to acquire and listen to music. That DRM is just a false sense of security for the RIAA and really is unnecessary (see my previous post here)
I hope every DRM everywhere is broken. What are they going to do? Stop selling media?
ah, those of us who use macs tend to forget about things like viruses and worms ;)
Walking into a brick and mortar building and purchasing a good old fashioned CD is still a method for getting music. And it doesn't have a DRM attached to it. So why does everyone insist on attaching a DRM to purchased music files? How are they different than the physical CD? A physical CD takes me less than 3 minutes to either rip into AAC or make a physical copy and pass around to whomever I please. Putting a DRM on things is just like saying, PLEASE, TRY AND HACK ME. Its no different than telling kids that they can't drink until they're 21. If you don't make a big deal out of it, neither will they (look at countries that don't have a drinking age for example). On top of that, we all know that DRM is a useless technology. You give the person an encrypted file AND the keys to open it. Wheres the security? And now for the honer system theory.... If it were made blatantly clear when you purchased a song from the iTMS that YOUR NAME and ACCOUNT NUMBER were embedded into the file (just like a license plate on a car), I would certainly think twice about sharing that file on a P2P network. At the same time I would have an unlocked unrestricted file to do as I please with.
yes, there are a million ways to get a copy of music that you bought... heck, iTunes even comes with a way BUILT IN to do this (it will burn purchased music to a CD). But most of us are only interested in ways of deDRMing that don't involve a generational loss in quality.
pwn3d!
as of january there were only 10 million iPods in circulation... if there were 20 million out there by now I think the stock would be over $100 per share by now ;)
Well, considering that Sony, Apple & the Porn Industry are all behind Blu-Ray, I'd say we have a pretty good idea of who is going to win this one...
you obviously never had one with a mechanical eject button then.
I have been looking around for a bluetooth 2+ button mouse to use with my powerbook and I can't seem to find a decent one that works with OSX.
Most of them come with a dock / hangup charger that also acts as a bluetooth hub - which I don't need my laptop has built in blue tooth. The whole point is to eliminate wires, not have some stupid hub that I have to have plugged into my laptop anyway - I might as well stick to my usb mouse.
If apple designed a 2 button bluetooth mouse (hopefully with a scroll wheel) I would be very happy
All modern macs have an eject button on the keyboard which ejects the superdrive. This is especially advantageous because you can't accidentally hit the button while carrying the computer and have the disk come flying out (which is exactly what would happen with my old dell laptop). they even designed it so you have to hold the button in for 2 seconds before the drive will eject so that you don't accidentally eject the drive if you miss the delete key.
competition is good - it will keep apple on its toes. I think this announcement had a pretty big impact on AAPL today though its dropped about 2 dollars a share - yikes.
maybe the term powerseller will actually mean something now
Its kind of a ironic, in a few years (likely before 2015) joe schmoe will be able to buy a ticket to space thanks to the ground breaking success of spaceship one.
Pile of 286s? what about the pile of dead babies in my shed? *ducks*
pay per view Top Gear. Top Gear is an incredibly awesome car show on the BBC that you can't get here in the states. Its things like this that I think people would buy.
How the heck does this work? There is a noticeable lag when streaming iTunes music to the airport express speakers, so how the hell does the audio stay in sync with the video?
All you had to do was read the system requirements before buying it.
from MacWorld
Media Centers and digital video players
Oppenheimer articulated Apple's current philosophy when it comes to "media center" computers -- PCs designed to work in the living room as a component of a home entertainment system, recording video, playing back music and more. While Oppenheimer admitted some consumers may be interested in media center PCs and that a Mac mini might be suitable, he said that "most customers" would prefer to have a more powerful computer in their office or den and leverage wireless networking to stream content to their home entertainment system.
As a practical example, Oppenheimer pointed to AirTunes -- a feature of iTunes that works in conjunction with Apple's AirPort Express wireless networking hub. The AirPort Express features an audio jack that can connect to the home entertainment system using a mini jack or a digital optical cable. Music can then be streamed from the computer playing iTunes to the stereo.
The iPod won't be getting video capabilities any time soon if current players are any indication, said Oppenheimer. Today's crop of portable media viewers are too bulky to carry as comfortably as the iPod, yet have screens he said are too small to enjoy a movie the same way you would on a TV or laptop. "Our view is that they've failed in the marketplace," said Oppenheimer.
strong passwords on sticky notes are better than weak passwords that aren't written down. the physical location of the sticky note is probably secure.
yeah, except... I can't count the number of times I've heard your average joe admit that their machine needs to be rebuilt because their computer is bogged down with viruses and is running slow? What's the average windows installation good for these days anyway? 6 months?
this would fall under fair use - silence cannot be copyrighted.
From the US Copyright Office Website:
"The distinction between "fair use" and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission."
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html
I like to apply the pendulum theory to microsoft's success. They've had a giant long swooping upswing, but I think we can all agree that the upswing has lost its momentum...soon gravity will take over (I hope)
Then pendulum theory fits apple as well, except right now we're witnessing their second upswing and I feel there is A LOT of momentum this time.
is not up because of this rumor. Apple announced new iPods yesterday, thats why stock price is up.
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