Apple should have agreed to license Fairplay to Creative so that their devices could play music from the iTMS.
In fact, they should offer to do so for every company that is not currently making a device that rhymes with "boon".
I've posted an open letter to Apple which discusses the need to cut Microsoft off from their ability to buy their way into the digital music market.
You can read it here.
This is a bullshit argument. The more you come down on us for breaking the rules -- the more rules we're going to break?
Why don't you try being rational -- argue against those who continue to upload hundreds or even thousands of songs even as you argue against DRM and the RIAA. (After all, the DRM is a result of those who can't seem to bring themselves to pay for something they want.)
I refuse to feel sorry for anyone on the ass end of an RIAA lawsuit. The consequences are well known.
Limewire could have avoided this with a simple statement:
"Sharing copyrighted material is against the law. We will not protect or withhold the identity of any user who infringes on copyright."
If they can't muster that sort of a disclaimer -- they deserve this lawsuit.
I disagree. I actually "wish" the networks would learn that 2-4 seasons of a show is a good goal and would start writing tighter story lines based on not extending a show past it's viable prime. (Simpsons... I'm looking at you!)
I actually wrote a post on newsvine.com that looks into the possibilities of this model concerning network TV.
You can read it here.
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Apple should have agreed to license Fairplay to Creative so that their devices could play music from the iTMS. In fact, they should offer to do so for every company that is not currently making a device that rhymes with "boon". I've posted an open letter to Apple which discusses the need to cut Microsoft off from their ability to buy their way into the digital music market. You can read it here.
This is a bullshit argument. The more you come down on us for breaking the rules -- the more rules we're going to break? Why don't you try being rational -- argue against those who continue to upload hundreds or even thousands of songs even as you argue against DRM and the RIAA. (After all, the DRM is a result of those who can't seem to bring themselves to pay for something they want.) I refuse to feel sorry for anyone on the ass end of an RIAA lawsuit. The consequences are well known. Limewire could have avoided this with a simple statement: "Sharing copyrighted material is against the law. We will not protect or withhold the identity of any user who infringes on copyright." If they can't muster that sort of a disclaimer -- they deserve this lawsuit.
I disagree. I actually "wish" the networks would learn that 2-4 seasons of a show is a good goal and would start writing tighter story lines based on not extending a show past it's viable prime. (Simpsons... I'm looking at you!) I actually wrote a post on newsvine.com that looks into the possibilities of this model concerning network TV. You can read it here.