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Originally Posted by quux
I've not heard many people 'call for the DRM we want'. All I ever hear is people calling for the end of DRM! Nor have I seen a single quote from 'the content cartel' saying they want people paying over and over and over for the same thing. You seem pretty happy to put words in other people's mouths ... can you link any of this?
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Sorry, but it's simply not feasable for me to give you 5 years of information in one message. Just Google for DRM or use the wikipedia and you'll get plenty of information on this topic.
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Originally Posted by quux
Don't get me wrong. I am not on the side of anyone who wants me to pay for the same content over and over again. But I see this as the same old 'requirements problem' we find so often in IT and software development projects. For lack of good requirements, crappy software gets written over and over again.
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I work in IT and I can assure you that this is not a "requirements" issue.
DRM means the customer gets less. That means a product with DRM has less value.
The simple fact that the big DRM companies are using terms like "Plays for Sure" and "FairPlay" to name their DRM schemes demonstrates that they know exactly what their DRM does (or doesn't do) for consumers.
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Originally Posted by quux
Write now only the 'content cartel' is writing requirements for tomorrow's DRM. Real people need to start letting them know what they *really* want ... and let's face it, 'no DRM at all' just ain't gonna fly unless you can guarantee every 14-year-old kid in the world will suddenly become honest and stop going nuts on the p2p networks!
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You have fallen into the same trap that most new people do when they hear about DRM. DRM is not, nor has it ever been, about piracy. Pirates see DRM as only a speed bump to getting what they want and DRM does not deter pirates. As a piracy-prevention mechanism DRM has failed miserably.
DRM is about control over content. Control above and beyond what is permitted by law and by the copyright agreement.