Comments on: DRM is a stupid idea http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/ The personal web site of Eirik Solheim Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DRM is a stupid idea | brilliantdays.com http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2358 DRM is a stupid idea | brilliantdays.com Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:11:29 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2358 [...] Note to Eirik: Steve is on your side. [...] [...] Note to Eirik: Steve is on your side. [...]

]]> By: brilliantdays.com http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 brilliantdays.com Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:10:44 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2357 <strong>iPhone, my new book shelf?...</strong> 1) The new Apple iPhone has a 160 ppi screen, when you flip it 90 degrees, the screen flips too, it can show pdfs… And you have it with you all the time… 2) The iTunes store has sold two billion tracks or so, has a system that works, and h... iPhone, my new book shelf?…

1) The new Apple iPhone has a 160 ppi screen, when you flip it 90 degrees, the screen flips too, it can show pdfs… And you have it with you all the time…
2) The iTunes store has sold two billion tracks or so, has a system that works, and h…

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 Eirikso Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:55:02 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2356 That's more of a cultural and linguistic discussion... :-) I am the first to admit that my writing makes use of words like hate, stupid and suckers more often than some language professors would recommend. Comments are open on all posts, so if you feel offended speak out! And yes, I have bought music on iTunes and MSN Music, so I am an idiot as well. The songs from MSN play on my media center and not on my iPod. The music I bought on iTunes won't play anymore at all. My iPod simply skips the tracks with no error message. Of course I ripped the DRM when I bought it but I have kept the original tracks in my system to see how it works. For an advanced user with several devices and computers it sucks big time. Yes, voting with your wallet helps. So, don't buy music with DRM. That’s more of a cultural and linguistic discussion… :-)

I am the first to admit that my writing makes use of words like hate, stupid and suckers more often than some language professors would recommend.

Comments are open on all posts, so if you feel offended speak out!

And yes, I have bought music on iTunes and MSN Music, so I am an idiot as well. The songs from MSN play on my media center and not on my iPod. The music I bought on iTunes won’t play anymore at all. My iPod simply skips the tracks with no error message.

Of course I ripped the DRM when I bought it but I have kept the original tracks in my system to see how it works. For an advanced user with several devices and computers it sucks big time.

Yes, voting with your wallet helps. So, don’t buy music with DRM.

]]> By: Oyvind http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2355 Oyvind Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:58:32 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2355 "Annoying and limiting for the development of good distribution platforms and user friendly systems on digital media". I agree on that. I just tried to say that people are NOT idiots or suckers if they buy media with DRM. "I hate DRM"... Ok, your choice. I think DRM is annoying, but hating it... Not even close. I HATE that the polar ice is melting. I have bought more music without DRM than with DRM the last years, like some brilliant Simple Minds concert tracks at TuneTribe, which both sells music with and without DRM. http://www.tunetribe.com/Album?album_id=376556 Voting with your wallet helps, so if I have a chance, I buy the non-DRM alternative, not the one with DRM. So I really hope the EMI experiment with no DRM is a huge success! “Annoying and limiting for the development of good distribution platforms and user friendly systems on digital media”. I agree on that. I just tried to say that people are NOT idiots or suckers if they buy media with DRM. “I hate DRM”… Ok, your choice. I think DRM is annoying, but hating it… Not even close. I HATE that the polar ice is melting.

I have bought more music without DRM than with DRM the last years, like some brilliant Simple Minds concert tracks at TuneTribe, which both sells music with and without DRM.

http://www.tunetribe.com/Album?album_id=376556

Voting with your wallet helps, so if I have a chance, I buy the non-DRM alternative, not the one with DRM. So I really hope the EMI experiment with no DRM is a huge success!

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2354 Eirikso Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:11:46 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2354 Some cool and extremely geeky stuff over there. I like <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/offbinary.91665654" rel="nofollow">this</a> one. For most people it would be geeky enough to have a bag reading "wtf". But, if you're a true geek you'll of course choose this one with the binary version of wtf. Some cool and extremely geeky stuff over there. I like this one. For most people it would be geeky enough to have a bag reading “wtf”. But, if you’re a true geek you’ll of course choose this one with the binary version of wtf.

]]> By: Offensively Binary http://eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Offensively Binary Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:04:25 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/09/drm-is-a-stupid-idea/#comment-2353 We hate DRM, it is a stupid idea. That's why we added our "Fuck DRM" line over at Offensively Binary. Now you can walk around telling the world what you think about how suckass DRM is... without anyone actually knowing it. We call it geek smug. http://www.cafepress.com/offbinary/2005510 We also have "Fuck the DMCA", "Fuck the RIAA", "Fuck the TSA", "Fuck Karl Rove", and even "I am a Terrorist". Don't walk onto a plane wearing that or our "Bomb" shirt, we can't guarantee your safety against getting thrown in Guantanamo if you did something stupid like that. Fight the power! We hate DRM, it is a stupid idea.

That’s why we added our “Fuck DRM” line over at Offensively Binary. Now you can walk around telling the world what you think about how suckass DRM is… without anyone actually knowing it. We call it geek smug.

http://www.cafepress.com/offbinary/2005510

We also have “Fuck the DMCA”, “Fuck the RIAA”, “Fuck the TSA”, “Fuck Karl Rove”, and even “I am a Terrorist”. Don’t walk onto a plane wearing that or our “Bomb” shirt, we can’t guarantee your safety against getting thrown in Guantanamo if you did something stupid like that.

Fight the power!

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