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One more time, it's not just media!!!
Come on Joe, the fact is that systems get hacked all the time, millions of people have had their private information stolen recently. My being in control of my "content" (financial, health, personal, etc.) and letting me decide who may see what and when is very, very attractive.

Certainly you would not argue that business (non-entertainment) has a legitimate right to enforce rights on their "content". (Financial, legal, planning, etc.) If you add up all the non-entertainment business it would demonstrate that entertainment business is a tiny fraction of all business. Of course proprietary software would also benefit greatly from a secure DRM system built in the hardware.

(We have pretty much proven software DRM doesn't work, all software can be hacked. Very few people are going to try and muck about with a soldering iron.)

It would seem to me that your argument is that say 95% of businesses and 100% of users should go without DRM because a tiny segment gets to use it too. You would either like to condemn everyone's use, or you want to create a second class "business citizen" out of nothing more than a desire for one of life's purely luxury items.

You complain that there might come a time where we are charged for each view or listen to entertainment content. I don't see it happening, simply because the market won't bear it, but if it did so what? It is a LUXURY, nothing more and lots of luxury items have reoccurring costs. Hmmm, hitting Six Flags is a luxury and they charge every time I want to go in and ride the coaster, even though I paid to do it just last week.

If you decide that you are unwilling to be a buyer of this luxury item, that is your choice. If enough agree with you then it will change, if they don't, you are simply out voted in the market, end of story...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 08/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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One more time, it's not just media!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/25/05
By the way, the 5% argument...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/25/05
Go look at Sun's materials  Zonker_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/25/05
Y, Zonker  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
Encryption simply doesn't work!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Uhmm... No  Ed_Meyers | 08/26/05
and whats wrong with that  zzz1234567890 | 08/27/05
There is a lot wrong with this  Ed_Meyers | 08/27/05
Nice Post  tic swayback | 08/27/05
Ttoally beside the point  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
Sorry,it has EVERYTHING to do with it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Oddly-shaped coins  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
/dev/null  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
Iffy posters  icecow | 08/26/05
STREAM it  Roger Ramjet | 08/26/05
Steamroller Baby!  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Yes!  Roger Ramjet | 08/26/05
If you can stream it, I can capture it, and "share" it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Good point  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Afraid not..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
If I can view it, I can copy it  tic swayback | 08/26/05
No, you can not...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Yes, I can  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Tell you what, give it a try and see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
You're doubting my typing skills?  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Of course, Don  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
Exactly!  Roger Ramjet | 08/26/05
Outcompete free  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Hey! Didn't I post this on your blog last week?  tic swayback | 08/26/05
How do YOU propose companies protect  ordaj@... | 08/26/05
Lots of different philosophies  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Simply not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Irrelevant  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Only because yoiu don't understand how it works.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
Too many holes  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Well if it's so easily broken, you have nothing to worry about.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
It's not a worry for me either way  tic swayback | 08/26/05
You had one point right, don't buy the LUXURY item if you don't like it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/26/05
That's the point you and many companies seem to miss  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Don't  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
I'll find out next year  tic swayback | 08/26/05
If you really want to know  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
That's close to what we're doing  tic swayback | 08/26/05
Do the world a favor  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05
I'll share the rough results here eventually...  tic swayback | 08/26/05
DRM Paradox  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/26/05

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