tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5844639221434309254..comments2024-03-19T06:27:47.905+00:00Comments on The IPKat: This post is stolenVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-83635870586070999062008-10-19T20:39:00.000+01:002008-10-19T20:39:00.000+01:00Don't ever buy products with mandatory DRM. Never ...Don't ever buy products with mandatory DRM. Never ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-87440453918589506422008-10-14T22:12:00.000+01:002008-10-14T22:12:00.000+01:00Yo ho ho, and let's chug a goblet of grog.Yo ho ho, and let's chug a goblet of grog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78687805829627938812008-10-14T14:58:00.000+01:002008-10-14T14:58:00.000+01:00Well it's right, isn't it? If you want to keep con...Well it's right, isn't it? If you want to keep content you've collected, such as music, then get it on a format free of DRM. That way "It's yours for life".<BR/><BR/>Some vendors are going over to non-DRM'd formats, such as mp3, and this is to be welcomed (though I prefer flac, which give better reproductive quality).cabalamathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171752628996901766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-44481634394949097482008-10-14T08:51:00.000+01:002008-10-14T08:51:00.000+01:00Or you could just buy DRM-free MP3s to start with ...Or you could just buy DRM-free MP3s to start with (or buy a CD and rip it - technically infringing copyright, like anyone cares). <BR/><BR/>Or you could do what I've been known to do (very) occasionally: download a copy of a track from a dodgy Russian MP3 site, and then also buy a DRMed copy from iTunes. So then the artist and label have got their revenue, and I've got a copy I can actually listen to. Again, technically infringing copyright, but in a way where I can look myself in the mirror afterwards. :-)<BR/><BR/>But yes, I love that cartoon. Captures the commercial folly of DRM schemes perfectly. And the "things change" aspect is far from theoretical: witness the way in which Wal*Mart has switched off its DRM servers, leaving its pre-February 2007 customers with unplayable music, and a choice to either pay for their music twice (yeah, right, very likely) or either obtain "pirate" copies or try to circumvent the DRM.John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074559601919298190noreply@blogger.com