DRM is only ‘virtually’ dead! — RIAA
p2pnet news view | RIAA:- A recent TorrentFreak story had RIAA spinster Jonathan Lamy (right) saying “DRM is dead, isn’t it?” – in reference to online music stores offering DRM-free tunes.
TF’s Ernesto, “apparently drew the quote from a discussion with SC Magazine reporter Deb Radcliffe, who asked for the retraction after the quote was published without her permission,” says Information Week.
Not surprisingly, the story was Slashdotted and subsequently did the rounds online.
According to Information Week, “Lamy’s full, original comment, made in an e-mail sent to Radcliffe in response to a query for a story she was working on, read: ‘There is virtually no DRM on music anymore, at least on download services, including iTunes.’
“After Radcliffe asked for the retraction, claiming the quote was incorrect and published without her permission, TorrentFreak ran a correction.”
Says the TorrentFreak fix »»»
Yes, it seemed to good to be true and it is. We just learned the the RIAA never used the word dead in its reply to the reporter. Lamy told TorrentFreak that he only said that there is almost no DRM on (downloaded) music anymore nowadays. In other (our) words: it’s an endangered species, not extinct.
Actually, DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control is dead.
Or, rather, it’s never been alive. Not even virtually.
Anything which can be seen or heard can be copied and claims to the contrary can be dismissed out of hand.
No need to stay tuned.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
TorrentFreak – DRM is ****, RIAA Says, , July 19, 2009
Information Week – RIAA Spokesman Denies Saying ‘DRM Is Dead’, July 20, 2009
Slashdot – RIAA Spokesman Says DRM Is Dead, July 20, 2009
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July 21st, 2009 at 5:58 pm
The RIAA is only Virtually Alive so………
July 23rd, 2009 at 8:43 am
The ability to believe anything the RIAA say is dead.