Re:Wrong on so many levels... (Score 1)

I agree - DRM-free music is a wonderful experiment and the idea that it is somehow going to ruin the music industry is a little far fetched. Most people I know feel uncomfortable about stealing their music. Copying from a friends CD is just fine, but downloading it seems to bother people more. On another note - I've always wondered why DRM isn't something that the OSS movement doesn't tackle. All DRM is inherently flawed, it can be cracked. But I believe a good implementation should be able to stand-up to a code review. Security through obscurity is never a good practice. A large company/producer/whatever can either spend a lot of money for a DRM scheme that will fail or spend very little to none for one that will also fail, but perform just as well if not better. A well maintained and functional OSS DRM could only help the OSS movement within business and also allow OSS beliefs to be inserted into such DRM schemes. I've always believed a creator should have a rich DRM scheme that allows them to chose various levels of protection with optional time limits (can't print document until such and such date or have owned it for X amount of time). Or the more restrictions the less amount of time they will remain valid (or have them clearly marked as being a Highly Restricted media before the purchase takes place). Is there any such projects in place? I don't think ignoring DRM (it's here to stay no matter what) is a good practice for those of us who love our freedoms. Creating our own movement would allow people with similar beliefs to directly influence it's outcome.