"As a multinational multibillion dollar music powerhouse, we don't really give a fuck about making a better society. All your fancy ideas of a new world orded are crazy socialist crap, and you may shove them up your ass. Now, pay up or face the music."
What if they change the rules "on the go", as their EULA undoubtedly says, or the environment changes during the game? For example, if a new rap star named "CmdrTaco" suddenly arrives and sells a gazillion CDs, would our/. editor be struck down for naming his character after a celebrity?
Even more important is the convenience of using that music once purchased. A person might have several PCs in several different places, portable (flash/CD) music players, a stereo in a car, a stereo in the house, etc... Silly restrictions imposed by DRM, such as no more than three devieces, only on supported devices, etc. are the show-stopper.
The fact is, I will never buy music that has any limitation on its usage. The only form that is possible now of doing that is CDs, and the best kind of it is the one where you can pick which songs to burn on the CD -- then, they're mine -- I can rip them to MP3 and use them legally on any device I possess, now or in the future.
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"As a multinational multibillion dollar music powerhouse, we don't really give a fuck about making a better society. All your fancy ideas of a new world orded are crazy socialist crap, and you may shove them up your ass. Now, pay up or face the music."
What if they change the rules "on the go", as their EULA undoubtedly says, or the environment changes during the game? For example, if a new rap star named "CmdrTaco" suddenly arrives and sells a gazillion CDs, would our /. editor be struck down for naming his character after a celebrity?
Even more important is the convenience of using that music once purchased. A person might have several PCs in several different places, portable (flash/CD) music players, a stereo in a car, a stereo in the house, etc... Silly restrictions imposed by DRM, such as no more than three devieces, only on supported devices, etc. are the show-stopper. The fact is, I will never buy music that has any limitation on its usage. The only form that is possible now of doing that is CDs, and the best kind of it is the one where you can pick which songs to burn on the CD -- then, they're mine -- I can rip them to MP3 and use them legally on any device I possess, now or in the future.