Re:DRM will be *needed* by linux
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Linus on DRM
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I read Schneier (no "d") all the time, and you've got it backwards. You're right that end-users (consumers) will not like technology that employs DRM. But more importantly, people creating or adding value to information (content) will force it on the marketplace. Having had my own work ripped off once, until such a time that usable DRM is available, I wouldn't publish anything of value on the Internet.
Quite simply, things like Linux are making the OS cheap or free, the price of hardware drops continually - what's important is the labor of people and the content that's a result. That has value, and until that value can be protected and retained, it won't be widely available.
You can pull out the whole "Information Wants To Be Free" argument but really, has anyone who has any credence called themselves a Marxist lately?
The market will be driven by the creators of content - movies, photos, songs, etc. And those people will create because they will be able to protect their digitial creations and profit from them, rewarding them for their work. Without DRM, the WWW will continue being the World Wide Waste - 99% useless crap, with hints of truly useful and valuable content here and there. So consumers will eventually accept it, because it will still be cheaper to download and burn a CD for, say, $5, than buy it in a store for $16, and the artist will make 50x the profit they make per CD now.
It's a win-win situation for anyone who doesn't want to paint it into a black & white picture.
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I read Schneier (no "d") all the time, and you've got it backwards. You're right that end-users (consumers) will not like technology that employs DRM. But more importantly, people creating or adding value to information (content) will force it on the marketplace. Having had my own work ripped off once, until such a time that usable DRM is available, I wouldn't publish anything of value on the Internet.
Quite simply, things like Linux are making the OS cheap or free, the price of hardware drops continually - what's important is the labor of people and the content that's a result. That has value, and until that value can be protected and retained, it won't be widely available.
You can pull out the whole "Information Wants To Be Free" argument but really, has anyone who has any credence called themselves a Marxist lately?
The market will be driven by the creators of content - movies, photos, songs, etc. And those people will create because they will be able to protect their digitial creations and profit from them, rewarding them for their work. Without DRM, the WWW will continue being the World Wide Waste - 99% useless crap, with hints of truly useful and valuable content here and there. So consumers will eventually accept it, because it will still be cheaper to download and burn a CD for, say, $5, than buy it in a store for $16, and the artist will make 50x the profit they make per CD now.
It's a win-win situation for anyone who doesn't want to paint it into a black & white picture.
Cheers, Wink