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Microsoft has no choice but to offer DRM
Microsoft has no choice but to offer DRM to the RIAA and MPAA or else they won't permit their content to play on Windows. DRM is the price of admission. This is why I will buy a monitor with HDMI and HDCP so that I can play HD-DVD or Blu-ray content. I don't like it but that's life. That doesn't mean that Windows Vista prevents you from using non-DRM content or even strip DRM.

So in a sense, including DRM in Windows simply pacifies the RIAA and MPAA so that they will publish content for Windows, but it's really a meaningless protection.

Where I do think DRM is useful is for very low-volume content like proprietary white papers and E-Books. This is for the little guys who depend on getting paid for their content. No it doesn?t stop people from stealing it if they really want to have it, but it?s enough to make reputable people and companies pay for it. In general you?ll have a hard time finding low-volume content being pirated and it?s only the popular stuff that gets seeded. Large-volume content like music needs to figure out a new business model where they exploit the popularity of the content for targeted marketing. What they need to do is figure out how to monetize all those viewers and listeners.
Posted by: georgeou   Posted on: 07/17/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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So we need to stop buying DRM Music?  nucrash | 07/17/07
I said no such thing  georgeou | 07/17/07
OT--George, how is your name pronounced  bmgoodman | 07/17/07
Say it with silent U. As in Oh.  georgeou | 07/17/07
Thanks  bmgoodman | 07/17/07
Different countries use different pronunciation rules  georgeou | 07/17/07
Not so quick George ...  MisterMiester | 07/17/07
They might go after you for pirating stuff  georgeou | 07/17/07
DVD Jon and 2600  Edward Meyers | 07/22/07
Watch yourself George.  Letophoro | 07/17/07
Fair use is not a crime  georgeou | 07/17/07
Doctrine of Fair Use Not Applicable ...  MisterMiester | 07/17/07
Fair Use does not apply.  Letophoro | 07/17/07
Nonsense, speech is not illegal  georgeou | 07/17/07
Charles Manson would disagree.  Letophoro | 07/18/07
Re: Nonsense, speech is not illegal  none none | 07/21/07
It would help though  TripleII | 07/17/07
ROI is the killer for sure  voska | 07/17/07
Microsoft has no choice but to offer DRM  georgeou | 07/17/07
I don't buy that  John L. Ries | 07/17/07
It was to be win-win  TripleII | 07/17/07
Tell it to fox  notsofast | 07/18/07
Do you actually read my posts?  John L. Ries | 07/18/07
FairUse4WM breaks Microsoft DRM again...  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
That was hilarious!!!  NonZealot | 07/17/07
But you're not  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
In fairness  notsofast | 07/18/07
What fairness?  jacarter3 | 07/20/07
Is this an exercise of listing what is possible?  NonZealot | 07/20/07
Vista DRM  Salman Pak | 07/17/07
Good for you!  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
Re: DCMA  Salman Pak | 07/17/07
Good for you again and again  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
DCMA has fair use provisions for ripping  georgeou | 07/17/07
George, that's your opinion only  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
It's illegal to sell the software, but it isn't illegal to use it.  georgeou | 07/17/07
Re: It's illegal to sell the software, but it isn't illegal to use it.  none none | 07/21/07
You're only half right  notsofast | 07/18/07
Vista DRM i have to agree Salman Pak i am doing the same stuff on vista  SO.CAL Guy | 07/17/07
Another scoff-law agrees that Vista is soooo great  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
Another American that thinks US laws cover every country in the world  Skyhawk_z | 07/17/07
Good for you too!  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
Again, stripping DRM for content you own is covered by Fair Use  georgeou | 07/17/07
I'm no lawyer but...  brittonv | 07/18/07
It most certainly is not  Edward Meyers | 07/22/07
The biggest example is that Vista doesn't prevent you from playing non-DRM  georgeou | 07/17/07
Yet  jacarter3 | 07/17/07
That was my original point  Salman Pak | 07/17/07
Do you really believe that?  Resuna | 07/18/07
What does it prevent you from doing?  NonZealot | 07/18/07
You mean if everything is working perfectly  Ole Man | 07/22/07
Unless you are a top-tier Microsoft insider  Ole Man | 07/22/07
Good Story George  D. T. Schmitz | 07/17/07
Conspiracy  frgough | 07/17/07
DRM's days are numbered  John L. Ries | 07/17/07
The reason They Even Attempt to Use DRM..  Cayble | 07/17/07
It's not an intelligence thing; it's a political thing  georgeou | 07/17/07
"You can choose to not buy any DRM content" is not the whole story!  Resuna | 07/18/07
But your understanding is completely off  georgeou | 07/18/07
Microsoft is denying you freedom? What?  NonZealot | 07/18/07
You are so right, "you somehow don't "own" your computer"  Ole Man | 07/22/07
Tell it to Fox  notsofast | 07/18/07
Vista's DRM-support is documented, not "conspiracy theories".  Resuna | 07/18/07
You are spreading lies  NonZealot | 07/18/07
Tell that to my neighbor  John L. Ries | 07/18/07
And you attribute this to the DRM conspiracy instead of bad print drivers?  georgeou | 07/18/07
He was the one...  John L. Ries | 07/19/07
Oh brother, some of you have problems understanding context!!  NonZealot | 07/19/07
Never said all XP drivers would work  NonZealot | 07/18/07
"have often worked"  Ole Man | 07/22/07
DRM functionality  Altotus | 07/19/07

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