Comments on: iPod as the bad guy http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7308 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7308/comment-page-1#comment-26494 Reader's Write Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:56:11 +0000 #comment-26494 "...even if it meant DRM infection" What good is audio/video quality when the file refuses to play because the site doesn't support your player, or you can only play it a certain number of times, or it's a tethered rental that goes poof when the site goes out of business or if you stop paying, or when they decide just to take it away to create artificial scarecity, or you've move to the wrong region, or any number of other rediculous reasons they make up to take things away. NO DRM! “…even if it meant DRM infection”

What good is audio/video quality when the file refuses to play because the site doesn’t support your player, or you can only play it a certain number of times, or it’s a tethered rental that goes poof when the site goes out of business or if you stop paying, or when they decide just to take it away to create artificial scarecity, or you’ve move to the wrong region, or any number of other rediculous reasons they make up to take things away. NO DRM!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7308/comment-page-1#comment-26389 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:24:14 +0000 #comment-26389 I think I'm pretty average when it comes to music, except when it comes to ripping CD's in which case I'll always use a lossless format. That way I can convert sa many times I want. Right now I have everything in Vorbis for the Rio Karma I own. If I decide to get an iPod some day, I can easily convert those lossless files to AAC without any loss of quality. But I digress. What I wanted to say is that if they increased the quality of their offering, and lowered the price to a more reasonable level, I'd be willing to buy their wares even if it meant DRM infection. Until then I won't touch the stuff, and I'm sure I'm not any different to the rest of the people out there. I think I’m pretty average when it comes to music, except when it comes to ripping CD’s in which case I’ll always use a lossless format. That way I can convert sa many times I want. Right now I have everything in Vorbis for the Rio Karma I own. If I decide to get an iPod some day, I can easily convert those lossless files to AAC without any loss of quality. But I digress. What I wanted to say is that if they increased the quality of their offering, and lowered the price to a more reasonable level, I’d be willing to buy their wares even if it meant DRM infection. Until then I won’t touch the stuff, and I’m sure I’m not any different to the rest of the people out there.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7308/comment-page-1#comment-26334 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:45:53 +0000 #comment-26334 "And where the customer is always right." except where the media cartels are concerned it's: The customer is always a criminal. “And where the customer is always right.”

except where the media cartels are concerned it’s:
The customer is always a criminal.

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