Comment Re:So what is your suggestion then? (Score 1) 412
You say you don't want it and yet you say you are forced. Either you want it or not. No need for the hyperbole.
I have no clue what you're saying here. I object to DRM. I don't want to support it in any shape or form, therefore I oppose any widespread support for it in hardware or software, because then I'd inevitably have to pay for something that supports it, making me indirectly pay for development of something I don't want to touch with a 10 foot pole.
Well buy the DVD then and rip it. There are perfectly good reasons to go with this.
Perfect example, btw. DVDs are a failed form of DRM that's been so cracked it's as good as if they didn't have any. Yet go figure, movies still sell on DVD. DRM is unnecessary.
Just don't expect to be using any download services ever because it totally unreasonable to think they would stream an entire library of content to your device in a format which can be ripped off by all and sundry. Even if you claim you are the most honest person in the world, you can bet for every one of you there are 100 other people delighted to just rip content.
I don't object to download services existing. I object to them being made an integral part of web standards.
Also, I think youtube, vimeo and magnatune must be a figment of my imagination.
And if we all grew wings we could fly. We can all conjure up scenarios which are never going to come to pass. The fact is that DRM is here to stay.
Wrong, the situation with music proves it's absolutely not necessary. The industry will whine about it, then still go and sell you the content because to do otherwise is suicide.
If you oppose DRM as it is implemented, a far better tact than lobbying for its abolishment is to lobby to put the rights back into DRM. If DRM actually proved my ownership of some digital content then I could argue for doctrine of first sale and all the rest of that stuff to apply to my digital content. I could sell my content, loan it, donate it with impunity. DRM can be a force for good but it requires legislation and some form of management platform that protects my ownership.
No, DRM is a travesty that must be completely done away with. There's no such thing as reasonable DRM. To "put the rights back" into it is to simply give me a plain MPEG (or whatever format you prefer) file.