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| felipe |
 Posted: Fri 27 May, 2005 10:22 Post subject: Why DRM is a bad idea |
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Why DRM is a bad idea for ebooks
from boingboing.net :
| Quote: | | story of a guy who bought an ebook for $172 (yes, a hundred and seventy two DOLLARS), then upgraded his version of Acrobat and lost the ability to read it. No one answers his tech support emails and his $172 ebook is just a jumble of encrypted bits on his harddrive. This is the outcome of DRM*: it only punishes the people who are willing to shell out money for digital works, and it drives them to seek either infringing editions or comepeting, free information. |
* DRM = Digital Right Management http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
Le but du DRM est de pouvoir paramétrer et contrôler un contenu de manière beaucoup plus étroite. En effet, il est d'ores et déjà possible de personnaliser le détail de la diffusion d'un fichier commercialisé. Le nombre de copies possibles sur différents supports, le nombre d'ouverture possible, la durée de validité...
c'est le même genre de protection qui empêche la copie des chansons téléchargées sur le itunes store.
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| felipe |
| Posted: Tue 10 Jan, 2006 16:30 Post subject: |
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Bad for your cellphone :
| Quote: | | Verizon users who choose to "upgrade" their handsets to support the Verizon Wireless music store are doing so at a tradeoff: you'll no longer be able to play MP3s on your phone. |
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| felipe |
| Posted: Tue 10 Jan, 2006 16:32 Post subject: |
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Bad For Steven Spielberg
| Quote: | Steven Spielberg will most likely not get any nomination for the BAFTA (British Film Academy) awards for "Munich" because of a massive DRM cock-up. BAFTA's 3,000+ members were sent encrypted 'screener' DVDs that can only be played on special DVD players supplied by Cinea (www.cinea.com - a Dolby subsidiary).
First the DVDs were held up by UK customs, thereby missing the first round voting deadline. But when they arrived, they would not play on any machine because they had been mastered for Region 1 (North America).
As BAFTA members are cannot vote for films they have not seen and only a handful of preview screenings have been held, the film ought to be disqualified from consideration.
I can't imagine Spielberg will be best pleased about this. |
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| felipe |
| Posted: Mon 23 Jan, 2006 11:50 Post subject: |
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Bad for you according to David Byrne
| Quote: | CDs from the big five run the risk of damaging your computer, opening you up to security risks, and you can’t rip the music onto your iPod. Stop buying CDs now. At least until they guarantee us that they will never try this shit again.
So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out of business, they obviously don’t love music, and they don’t understand their own customers. They must have a deathwish or be run by….who? FEMA? Rumsfeld? Bin Laden? |
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| felipe |
| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2006 18:02 Post subject: |
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bad for your future
Tarmle has written a chilling dystopian account of the world that might emerge if DRM becomes universal:
| Quote: | | Once through the scanner you must submit to a biometric ID test - this is where the known bloggers, hackers and spoilers are ejected. Finally there is the non-disclosure agreement to be signed - these days most moviegoers choose to sign via the MPAAs annual subscription, just trying to take some of the hassle out of visiting the cinema. Finally you get to see the film. In the auditorium the audience is constantly scanned by an AI looking for suspicious activity, so don't rummage in your pockets for too long. It's strange that all this effort to protect the movie industry has done so little to improve the movies. |
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| felipe |
| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2006 18:16 Post subject: |
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Bad for you, even if you're the MPAA
| Quote: | | What happens when an organization that is best known for inveighing against the unauthorized copying of movies gets caught doing exactly that? The Motion Picture Association of America was caught with its pants down, admitting to making unauthorized copies of the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated in advance of this week's Sundance Film Festival. |
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| flyermoney |
| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2006 19:00 Post subject: |
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The only good DRM is no DRM...
Cases in point:
4flix Video Store (thanks for the heads-up felipe)
| www.4flix.net wrote: | | We are proud to provide ALL of our digital works WITHOUT copy protection schemes designed to limit what a customer can do with their purchase. No proprietary standards here! Motion picture executives claim that releasing DRM-free digital media will lead to mass piracy. Buy from us and help prove them wrong. |
Bleep Music Store
| www.bleep.com wrote: | | Bleep files have no ‘DRM’ or copy protection built in. We believe that most people like to be treated as customers and not potential criminals - DRM is easily circumvented and just puts obstacles in the way of enjoying music. |
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| Posted: Wed 25 Jan, 2006 19:07 Post subject: |
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y'a aussi allmp3.com
| Quote: | Choose the quality and price of the download
Our audio-encoding platform offers several format and quality (bit rate) download options. This unique technology allows our users to choose the preferred file format (MP3, WMA, OGG, etc.) as well as file size — or you can simply go with the default download settings (MP3/192 kbps).
Original quality
There is also an advanced "Online Encoding Exclusive" (OEEX) feature for retaining the original quality of a recording in the following formats: Monkey's Audio, WMA 9 Lossless, FLAC, and OptimFrog. OEEX enables you to encode music using the original audio source — a compact disc. |
mais ce n'est probablement légal qu'en Russie
| Quote: | Is it legal to download music from AllOFMP3.com?
All the materials in MediaServices projects are available for distribution through the Internet in accordance with license # LS-3М-05-03 of the Russian Multimedia and Internet Society. Under the license terms, MediaServices pays license fees for all materials subject to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Copyright and Related Rights". All materials are available solely for personal use and must not be used for further distribution, resale or broadcasting.
The user bears sole responsibility for any use and distribution of all materials received from AllOFMP3.com. This responsibility is dependent on the national legislation in each user's country of residence. The Administration of AllOFMP3.com does not possess information on the laws of each particular country and is not responsible for the actions of foreign users. |
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| Posted: Mon 20 Feb, 2006 12:54 Post subject: |
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Bad for your job (if you're Sony's CEO) :
| Quote: | Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, who had been chairman, is replacing CEO Andrew Lack, who becomes chairman of the board.
The swap, announced Friday and effective immediately, follows months of criticism of Lack's tenure as CEO, including investor discontent over spiraling fees paid to artists and a scandal over copy protection software in Sony CDs. |
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| unclefat |
| Posted: Mon 20 Feb, 2006 13:30 Post subject: |
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| ils l'ont même pas viré... juste descendu un peu dans l'organigramme... |
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| felipe |
| Posted: Fri 03 Mar, 2006 11:29 Post subject: |
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The big DRM mistake
| Quote: | | Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM? |
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| Posted: Tue 07 Mar, 2006 17:44 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri 17 Mar, 2006 11:59 Post subject: |
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Bad for battery life
| Quote: | according to tests conducted by CNET, they found that while many players met or exceeded their claims, one feature that has a drastic affect on battery life is the infamous DRM.
When it comes to the Creative Zen Vision:M's 14-hour claim, CNET got about 16 hours of playback time with MP3s from a full charge, which was a nice surprise. However, when they tried playing WMA 10 DRM crippled subscription tracks on it, they only got just over 12 hours; a loss of almost 4 hours (~25%) of playback time due to the battery-hungry DRM. |
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