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We all hate the RIAA, and the MPAA is quickly following their example of how to be the most hated entity in the world.
But what happens when the artist, publisher and everyone involved want to sell their works DRM free? Apple says STFU you squiggly pimple! http://consumerist.com/2009/12/apple...agreement.html Quote:
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Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon
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Wow.
DRM? Still? I've been sitting quietly by since the mid nineties when I, among the first to play with computer-based digital audio editing, soon realized that the copyright model was about to go the way of the Dodo. I called it nearly 15 years ago, and long before p2p. Blindsided, those caught unaware continue to flail foolishly, trying to make old models fit a new paradigm. Idiots.
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Yeh i made the same realization around the time napster was really hitting its stride.
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Admittedly, I had a glimpse into the future as a sound professional. I realized it the first time I hit "save" in Sound Tools (which would later become known as ProTools). My studio at the time was one of the first on the East Coast to have digital editing.
I knew right then it was just a matter of file size (MPEG-2, Layer 3 [aka: MP3] took care of that), and bandwidth (and broadband took care of that), and music would be copied as easily as software. Now we watch as Newspapers and Book Publishers all flounder in this new electronic world of distro. Copy protection is NEVER the answer.
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The MPAA has always been hated since it was first invented by the movie studios. As far as the RIAA they are losing a lot of credibility these days thanks to lawsuit happy lawyers, greedy execs and unhappy artists. Hell, they are being sued right now using the very same tactics they use to go after little people who download 1 or 2 songs a year. The current intellectual rights laws are so antiquated it is a joke. Studios and the powers that be need to learn they can't just squash something like P2P but rather have to adapt. Personally if the studios are going to remain so heavily involved I think they should take a page out of Google's book and turn it into an advertising model, yes they won't make nearly as much money but it is better to make 50% less than 100% of nothing. I don't really see a need for major firms to be involved anymore when artists are able to release directly online and hard copies of music are quickly going the way of the A-TRAK. It's not like the artist are going to be out anything as they only take home 10% or less of the profit.
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