Real Networks to Linux - DRM or Die

Baronvaile writes "ArsTechnica is running a story about RealNetworks VP Jeff Ayars at LinuxWorld Boston discussing the future of Linux for the consumer, if it does not support DRM." From the article: "Ayers has a few supporters in this issue from the Linux camp, as Novell, Linspire, and Red Hat spokespeople reportedly said they would be happy to add DRM to their distributions, but with some caveats. Novell, for example, is "currently in discussions with vendors who control proprietary formats" with the goal of supporting these formats in SuSE Linux. One can only surmise exactly which formats that would be, but recent rumblings from Redmond make it likely that Microsoft DRM solutions such as PlaysForSure could be among them."

Linux to Real Networks...

[babbling]

Ditch DRM or die.

Ayars was later

[wangf00]

seen waving his hand, saying, "you don't need to see the source code."

Re:Linux to Real Networks...

[Yvan256]

>Linux to Real Networks... Ditch DRM or die.

I'd simply remove "Ditch DRM or" from your request and add "already" at the end.

Linux to "Real Networks" - suck it

[Anonymous Coward]

n/t

Re:Linux to Real Networks...

[onion2k]

What they should have said is "DRM or bust".

If open source doesn't start supporting their DRM, they'll go bust.

DRM or Die

[Metabolife]

So says the VP of a dying company.

Re:analogy

[Opportunist]

I'm doing just fine without certain people and certain music.

If you don't want to come to MY house on MY terms, stay where you are!

In Other News....

[pjkundert]

...Safe Candy Bars of America has announced that 7-11 is doomed to fail, unless it implements DCM (Digital Candy-bar Management).

"After all, what candy-bar maker is going to ship candy bars to a 7-11, when any client can come in and just put one in his pocket? It's impossible to make money in such an environment. It's just... Un-American!"

says Hugh Bluehose, CEO of Safe Candy Bars.

"7-11 had better get their act together. We're working with our friends in Congress, who we've helped to really understand this whole industry, to ensure that Americans are protected from the scourge of illegal dealing in plastic-wrapped, un-protected candy bars. We're committed to putting companies based on criminal candy-bar infringement strategies out of business, and behind bars."

Later, when chatting with Bat Fridwig, technical lead of Microsofts EatsForSure project, we were informed that:

"There is just no market for un-protected candy-bars. It's not possible for any company to make money selling such unsafe candy-bars, long term. Why would anyone buy a candy bar, when they can just go swipe one? I mean, really..."

Re:Linux to Real Networks...

[Guppy06]

I was thinking more along the lines of "It's German for 'The RealNetworks, the.'"

Re:Linux to Real Networks...

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

I'd have an answer but it'ss till buffering.

Linux to Real Networks

[suv4x4]

Real Networks to Linux: DRM or Die!

Linux to Real Network: Oh shut the hell up, retard. Damn it, one of those days, one of those days...

Re:GPL?

[Grishnakh]

Even if they did, I could *still* take the speaker cabinet apart and rewire the speaker outputs from the amp, and record it that way.

No, you couldn't. They'll put a sticker on there saying "Do not open. No user-serviceable parts inside." That will make it impossible for you to open it.

(Seriously, you have to wonder what these idiots are thinking.)

Real Networks to Linux (Again)...

[Chagatai]

Oh, yeah? Well you should know that... [BUFFERING]

Re:GPL?

[Connie_Lingus]

Well then they would just put a chip inside the cone...turtles all the way down, baby!!

Re:GPL?

[binarybum]

yeah speaker chips aren't going to solve this piracy epidemic. The chips will go in your cochlea. This will prevent all those freeloaders at parties from listening to music blasted through your loudspeakers, music they have not payed licensing for! And maybe the RIAA will finally achieve their goal of preventing hip twisting, booty shaking, and head bobbing of all those pathetic saps that are dancing without paying royalties. I know, it's grotesque, but thousands of youths are listening to and dancing to music, copy-righted-for-profit material, without paying a damn thing. Why just the other day I had to roll my windows up and cover my ears when some reckless pirates pulled up next to me at a traffic light blasting music I did not own.