<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Joe Borne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe.borne@gmail.com">joe.borne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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David Brodbeck <<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us" target="_blank">gull@gull.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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> This is incredibly important because it signals the beginning of the end<br>
> for DRM. Look for all the other online music stores to follow suit. I<br>
> bet they all drop DRM by July. 5C and CCI are next!<br>
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The MPAA doesn't seem to have learned from the RIAA's problems, and is<br>
following pretty much the same path, but several years behind. I'm not<br>
optimistic that 5C and its ilk will go away any time soon. The trend<br>
seems to be in the other direction right now, when it comes to video. I<br>
think part of it is that people are more willing to put up with DRM on<br>
something they subscribe to, as opposed to something they purchase outright.</blockquote></div><br>I do see the trend as you spell it out, however the MPAA is just starting the same curve as the RIAA was about 5 years ago. Think about it.. They are still trying to extend the days of selling physical media as far as they can. BlueRay is just a way to delay the inevitable, which is the digital distribution of high quality compressable video.<br>
<br>The thing that killed DRM was when the mp3 player became ubiquitous and the idea of having a CD collection became well, silly compared to using your PC/iPod. Right now we are seeing the emergance of video into the same small footprint with the same portability. When those small footprint devices with video delivery capability become as common as the iPod is now, the DRM on video media will suffer the same fate. People simply will not tolerate restrictions on content they feel they have purchased and have the right to view and use however they want.<br>
<br>I also think a key element needs to appear. High quality individual video viwers like the Myvu (<a href="http://www.myvu.com/?kwmid=4684995&kmcid=3058692177&match_type=&gclid=CO_38YHC_JcCFQETGgodQyDgCg" target="_blank">http://www.myvu.com/?kwmid=4684995&kmcid=3058692177&match_type=&gclid=CO_38YHC_JcCFQETGgodQyDgCg</a>) need to move into a more consumer friendly space. Right now they are still cost prohibitive for most people and they all make you look like a dork. Apple could explode that market if they delivered something in partnership with a company like Ray-Ban or Burberry in the sub $100 range.<br>
<br>5C and CCI are different animals, but will also be killed off by this viral expansion of digital rights. Sooner or later someone is going to get the bright idea of making a cable box that allows you to transfer your recorded shows to your portable media device (location shifting). Now when that sort of a feature becomes commonplace, 5C and CCI will contract a deadly case of freedom.<br>
<br>Anyway, that's my hope. So far things are going as I thought they would with some exceptions for the timeline.<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>Joe<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><div>Completely agree except Rayban and Burberry don't ever make products in the sub $100 range.</div>