Comments on: ‘Don’t sue our DRM researchers!’ http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7507 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:43:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7507/comment-page-1#comment-28947 Reader's Write Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:20:38 +0000 #comment-28947 I stopped buying CD`s! ( except for independent labels, which I still support with my mighty $$$ ) Considering I was spending around $3000.00 a year on comercial music, it`s a big loss for the music companies, even worse for them is that I will NEVER buy any products from them again. EMI, SONY, all just losers..... Downloading and Uploading are not illegal where I live ... I stopped buying CD`s! ( except for independent labels, which I still support with my mighty $$$ )
Considering I was spending around $3000.00 a year on comercial music, it`s a big loss for the music companies, even worse for them is that I will NEVER buy any products from them again.
EMI, SONY, all just losers…..
Downloading and Uploading are not illegal where I live …

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7507/comment-page-1#comment-28762 Reader's Write Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:58:03 +0000 #comment-28762 DRM is becoming the headache that the media cartels will find out wasn't worth the hassel nor the investment, just as Sony found out. Of course, we all realise that the plunging sales has nothing to do with the very thing that customers love to hate about music. I can't play it in my cd player in my vehicle, Joe can't legally rip a copy of what he has purchased, and Jane can't take her copy back because she is unsatisfied with the quality of contents. What's not to love about it? DRM is becoming the headache that the media cartels will find out wasn’t worth the hassel nor the investment, just as Sony found out.

Of course, we all realise that the plunging sales has nothing to do with the very thing that customers love to hate about music. I can’t play it in my cd player in my vehicle, Joe can’t legally rip a copy of what he has purchased, and Jane can’t take her copy back because she is unsatisfied with the quality of contents. What’s not to love about it?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7507/comment-page-1#comment-28744 Reader's Write Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:31:42 +0000 #comment-28744 Yeah, right, like EMI are going to be nice guys about this. It is outrageous that EULAs and the DMCA can prevent reverse engineering for security reasons. The potential for abuse becomes limitless. Fortunately the DCMA is only U.S. law, and EULAs are only as effective as a country's willingness to enforce it. Perhaps reverse engineering could be done in a country that is not in the RIAA's pocket. I have noticed with EULA's that you can't even read most of them until you have already purchased the product. As I have said in previous posts, the LEAST that could be done is to require EULA's and any type of drm to be listed on the OUTSIDE of the product, so that the customer can make an informed decision before purchasing. Perhaps the EFF should push for a law requiring this. Yeah, right, like EMI are going to be nice guys about this. It is outrageous that EULAs and the DMCA can prevent reverse engineering for security reasons. The potential for abuse becomes limitless. Fortunately the DCMA is only U.S. law, and EULAs are only as effective as a country’s willingness to enforce it. Perhaps reverse engineering could be done in a country that is not in the RIAA’s pocket. I have noticed with EULA’s that you can’t even read most of them until you have already purchased the product. As I have said in previous posts, the LEAST that could be done is to require EULA’s and any type of drm to be listed on the OUTSIDE of the product, so that the customer can make an informed decision before purchasing. Perhaps the EFF should push for a law requiring this.

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