[mythtv-users] The death blow to DRM has arrived

Tom Dexter digitalaudiorock at gmail.com
Wed Jan 7 16:27:37 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:31 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
> Joe Borne wrote:
>> This is incredibly important because it signals the beginning of the end
>> for DRM. Look for all the other online music stores to follow suit. I
>> bet they all drop DRM by July. 5C and CCI are next!
>
> The MPAA doesn't seem to have learned from the RIAA's problems, and is
> following pretty much the same path, but several years behind.  I'm not
> optimistic that 5C and its ilk will go away any time soon.  The trend
> seems to be in the other direction right now, when it comes to video.  I
> think part of it is that people are more willing to put up with DRM on
> something they subscribe to, as opposed to something they purchase outright.
>
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Boy you're not kidding.  The whole design of Blu-Ray really reached
new heights in anti-consumerism.

My TV has one DVI input (which I'm using for MythTV).  There was a
time early on when I thought I might be able to connect a Blu-Ray
player to my component inputs (as my old DVD player is currently).
When I found out that the Blu-Ray output to non-protected outputs
could be limited to 480p at the movie makers discretion I vowed to
never go within 1000 miles of the whole thing.  They can frankly kiss
my ass.

The iTunes thing is interesting.  What I don't understand is that the
choice to use DRM or not was (I thought) mainly based on the record
companies involved. Is Apple saying they've all agreed to this?

Tom


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