Comments on: Legally stripping DRM from content

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:05:39 +0000

“Admit it: how many of you bought the CD of something you already had on tape?”

It’s strange how analog recordings sound fine when played via analog means, but as soon as it enters the digital realm all bets are off.

I once gave a go at transferring my cassettes to the computer. No matter how much effort I put into the process, such as hiss removal for example, the end result still always ended being horrid. In the end it was easier to simply find lossess CD rips and download those.

I refuse to pay a second time for any album I’ve already paid once for, especially in light of high prices and an ongoing boycott.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:47:36 +0000

“2) nice to see them basically admit they are intentionally realeasing a product they purposley intend to break in the future”

Well, digital audio doesn’t have the “advantage” of them being able to re-release stuff every time a new format comes along:

Admit it: how many of you bought the CD of something you already had on tape?

Remember: every time you fail to buy the “remastered” version, they “lose a sale” — even though they’re just “re-releasing” something they’ve been milking for decades already.

Scumbags.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:34:02 +0000

âNo one expects computers or other electronics devices to work properly in perpetuity, and there is no reason that any particular mode of distributing copyrighted works should be required to do so.â

1) but you can still replace your old record player but not your broken drm music
2) nice to see them basically admit they are intentionally realeasing a product they purposley intend to break in the future

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:01:10 +0000

There you have it in a nutshell as to why everybody hates you, entertainment industry! It is your completely uncaring, unsympathetic, arrogantly flagrant disregard for your customers, seeing them as nothing more than cash cows instead of living breathing people, which drives all of us to do what we do and HATE YOU WITH A PASSION. So long as this is the horrendously bad attitude you insist on showing to the entire world, we will all keep on doing what we feel is right and just no matter how many draconian laws you manage to have passed. For some that may mean breaking DRM. For others, downloading from file sharing networks. In my case I choose to avoid DRM altogether and treat it as if it were the bubonic plague itself. You despise pirates yet fail to realize that it is you who are creating them! I’ve said it before and will say it again. Treat the consumer with respect, ditch the DRM and make your entire library available in a choice of quality formats at a REASONABLE price, and we will all become loyal customers for as long as we live. All you have to do is look at the raving success that AllofMP3 was before it was killed off to see I speak nothing but the absolute truth. Your continued existence as a business on this planet is a privilege, one which can be taken away at any time and definitely will be if you insist on acting like an petulant two year old throwing a fit whenever they don’t get their way. The clock is ticking. Please smarten up before it is too late.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:52:01 +0000

“What kind of retarded logic is that?”

Simple: a complete and utter failure to understand the difference between digital and analog.
Or between “content” and the physical medium used to deliver such content. (Ironic as fuck, since their whole “you may own the disc, but not what’s ON it” excuse for copy”right” DEPENDS on such a distinction).

Corporate bullshit pisses me off.

By: NO1UNO

NO1UNO — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:12:56 +0000

“We reject the view,â the story quotes him as saying in a letter to the office, âthat copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works. No other product or service providers are held to such lofty standards. No one expects computers or other electronics devices to work properly in perpetuity, and there is no reason that any particular mode of distributing copyrighted works should be required to do so.â
WTF kind of retarded logic is this? If i buy a CD and keep it in pristeen condition, then I expect it to give me perpetual access to the music that is on it. (music which i OWN, btw). Now, as RW says, comparing a physical object
ie: my CD, to digital music is an end run at best, cant compare the old apples to oranges. Of course, if you waste your money “renting” your music from these MAFIAASS clowns, well, i guess you get WHO you pay for!

stw

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:29:18 +0000

“No one expects computers or other electronics devices to work properly in perpetuity, and there is no reason that any particular mode of distributing copyrighted works should be required to do so.â

A- Standar indistry strwman argument where physical object are compared to non physical objects as if they are equal.
B- No one would buy electronics that stops working whenever the manufacturer wanted it to. Oh wait that;s built into Blueray isn’t it. Guess that’s why I don’t have one.