Should one industry demand the imposition of universal DRM on all individuals to protect that business model?
lets think about this question...the answer should be VERY clear....NO! I got one of theose MP3 players that can hold like 5 gigs of music/data, which currently holds about 150-175 songs. Lets see a cd player manage that! I dont own a cd player, because it is a waste of my time to go switching cds every once and a while. I have a more high-tech device than that. on the rare chance that i buy a cd, i extract the music and put it on my 5gig wonder.:) also, if i listen to a cd, its in my computer, while im sittin in the computer room doing something. if they start forcing everything to have the DRM, I will not be ble to do this. Also, i like to create mix cds for when im drivin around...radio has turned into '3 songs, 15 commercials', so i have stopped listeningto the radio. the DRM wil block me from doingonemore thing that i like. also, I dontbuy cds anymore because theyre too freakin expensive, when i only like one or two songs on it! what do those things cost to produce? 15 cents? a quarter, maybe? and they go chargin like $20-$25 for 'a $0.10 silver disc, two pieces of plastic, a sheet of colour paper, three level of middleman profits and one or two palatable songs'. Thats another thing, with kazaa and napster, i can get the good song from the cd, without payin 20 bucks for it! I dont have the money o go payin $20 per song! If i find a good cd (hard to find these days!) i will buy it, cause, well, its a good cd. well enough of ranting on that.
my next question would be:
if they start putting DRM on TVs and VCR's, does that mean that i cant record the simpsons so that i can watch that nights episode after i get off work? the way i see it, i cant listen to cd on computer b/c of DRM tryin to stop ppl from 'stealing' the music, i guess i cant record my favorite tv shows because i might sell that tape to someone on ebay. It makes sense to me. Either way, i think its stupid!
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Should one industry demand the imposition of universal DRM on all individuals to protect that business model? lets think about this question...the answer should be VERY clear....NO! I got one of theose MP3 players that can hold like 5 gigs of music/data, which currently holds about 150-175 songs. Lets see a cd player manage that! I dont own a cd player, because it is a waste of my time to go switching cds every once and a while. I have a more high-tech device than that. on the rare chance that i buy a cd, i extract the music and put it on my 5gig wonder. :) also, if i listen to a cd, its in my computer, while im sittin in the computer room doing something. if they start forcing everything to have the DRM, I will not be ble to do this. Also, i like to create mix cds for when im drivin around...radio has turned into '3 songs, 15 commercials', so i have stopped listeningto the radio. the DRM wil block me from doingonemore thing that i like. also, I dontbuy cds anymore because theyre too freakin expensive, when i only like one or two songs on it! what do those things cost to produce? 15 cents? a quarter, maybe? and they go chargin like $20-$25 for 'a $0.10 silver disc, two pieces of plastic, a sheet of colour paper, three level of middleman profits and one or two palatable songs'. Thats another thing, with kazaa and napster, i can get the good song from the cd, without payin 20 bucks for it! I dont have the money o go payin $20 per song! If i find a good cd (hard to find these days!) i will buy it, cause, well, its a good cd. well enough of ranting on that.
my next question would be:
if they start putting DRM on TVs and VCR's, does that mean that i cant record the simpsons so that i can watch that nights episode after i get off work? the way i see it, i cant listen to cd on computer b/c of DRM tryin to stop ppl from 'stealing' the music, i guess i cant record my favorite tv shows because i might sell that tape to someone on ebay. It makes sense to me. Either way, i think its stupid!