BMG ‘No DRM’ download
p2pnet.net News:- Message to the entertainment cartels:
It’s simple: recognize p2p as your savior, not your enemy; start talking to p2p innovators; open up your catalogues and start selling the contents at reasonable, instead of rip-off, prices; and, forget about DRM. Then you’ll be laughing all the way to the bank. Once again.
Never happen, though, and meanwhile, the corporate music, movie and software conglomerates are trying to deal with the cold, hard reality that in the digital 21st century, they’re emperors with very few subjects.
Sony BMG will never recover from the rootkit DRM disaster when it was caught red-handed trying to sneak virus-infested spyware into its customers’ computers via music CD discs.
Be that as it may, a low-fidelity, high-priced version of Jessica Simpson’s BMG A Public Affair is being peddled by Yahoo Music, “and unlike every digital song sold on competitors Apple iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody, it is compatible with all portable music players,” says USA Today. “The song is in the open MP3 format and can be transferred to an Apple iPod or players by Creative, Samsung and others.”
But Sony BMG, “played down the significance of the release,” says the story, going on, “The song, on Yahoo, is ‘personalized’ – there are 500 versions, each including a different first name, from Aaron to Zach, that consumers can search for. The label says it would have been too complicated to release all 500 with DRM.”
Ex-EMI executive Ted Cohen is quoted as saying rivals will be watching the results closely, but, “If anybody thinks DRM will be gone in six months, well, that’s not about to happen.”
Also See:
low-fidelity – Yahoo downloads for $1.10?, Jul;y 19, 2006
USA Today – Sony BMG releases first song that works with all music players, July 21, 2006
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July 21st, 2006 at 5:50 pm
“Ex-EMI executive Ted Cohen is quoted as saying rivals will be watching the results closely, but, “If anybody thinks DRM will be gone in six months, well, that’s not about to happen.”
yes, and if anyone in the industry expects the consumer to lay down and take it in the a**, well that aint happenin’ either sucka’…..
…unless the MNC’s install the non-net neutral internet they so desperately want, then we’re all screwed again and the potential for society to take a great leap forward and shed the corrupt and un-democratic nature of unchecked capitalism and concentration of economic power and by extension information.
I am sooooo sick of greed trumping the greater good for humanity in every facet of our existence, be it holding back cures for illness b/c it’s more profitable to treat the symptoms, or corporations finally realizing that the internet will eventually even the playing field for everyone, in so many ways (be it start VOIP phone companies, music production/distribution etc etc…..ARRRRRRRGH, the injustice and long-term harm to our society is oblivious to these pigopolists!
TT
sorry had to rant, we’re at a pivotal point in our technological existence and the lobbyists are going to turn back the clock and try and herd us like sheep again.
July 21st, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Sadly, the C/Net conglomerate has fallen into the Propagand Machine. That’s why the version there was “much glossier”.
July 21st, 2006 at 11:40 pm
“Sony BMG releases first song that works with all music players”
BUT, it’s a Jessica Simpson song… No wonder they “played down the significance of the release,”. I’d be embaerassed to release it period. Then again, there’s no accounting for taste, mine included.
Yay for no DRM!
July 22nd, 2006 at 1:17 am
“Sony BMG will never recover from the rootkit DRM disaster when it was caught red-handed trying to sneak virus-infested spyware into its customers’ computers via music CD discs.”
I wish that were true, but many of my friends don’t know about it, or if they do, that would not stop them from buying Sony products. I told that to one Residential Advisor, and he said he is still planning to buy the Sony Playstation 3 (when it comes out). As much as I tried to avoid Sony, there are movies I watched which are from them (like the Da Vinci Code, Click) and I still plan to watch Spider-Man 3 next year.
My argument is made, Sony has recovered from their mistake financially, unless, of course, the author intended reputation-wise. But even so, what ultimately matters is whether or not they will continue to thrive as a company, and so far, the rootkit-fiasco appears to be only a bump in the road.
July 22nd, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Hope that disclaimer was okay cos I think I made a mistake – actually I think it was her ex husband that had been promoted via payola payments…
July 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pm
Sorry but this will have absolutely no effect on me. Not only do I not know this “singer” to allow credit whether due or not, but have no interest in the product. It has reached the point I tend not to listen to the **AA artists.
That it has the name SONY attached to it ensures that if I were interested I would still avoid it like a plague victim. I’ve nothing but suspicion for a company that is willing to give you a free rootkit and think it won’t matter to the computer owner. Sony can keep their offerings, DRM or no.
They’ve made a serious mistake in putting out the rootkit, another in trying to not own up to it, and yet more when offering to fix it. I’ve no trust in them nor do I believe they would ever do the right thing at any point. Better to keep my money and do without something I don’t need for free.