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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't actually see anything terribly objectionable about ADE DRM; it's a pretty transparent system for the user - it's not like Mobi DRM, where you need to re-download your books if you change your device, and you're in danger of losing them if your retailer goes bust.
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I would agree with you if every device supported it. But, DRM is vendor lock-in.. nothing more. It's about money not copyright protection. Content owners WANT you to have to buy the same content over and over. (Evidenced by the 6 devices only limit)
Many of us have done just that, going from records to 8-track to cassette to CD and now to digital. They publishers want it to be illegal to rip our CDs to digital because they think we should pay for the music again. They don't consider that we "OWN" the content the consider that we own the media only... and if we want it on a different format we have to pay again.
These media companies have to change this attitude. There continuing revenue stream should be from people that don't own the content and by creating NEW content that people want. Why do you think they want to keep extending the copyright term? They want to do this so they can keep selling us the same old stuff over and over. They know how much easier it is to re-press a CD from masters and re-sell it that to produce new music.
Oh... well I promised myself I wouldn't get sucked into this discussion and it has happened again.
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