Well. The record companies grew fat and happy when everyone started replacing their vinyls with CDs. Now that the replacement era is over, not as many CDs are being purchased as during that period. This drop in sales being pushed, using mostly made up statistics, as a reason why DRM is needed in the first place because "the pirates are killing music". Which is of course complete hogwash. What the music companies want is this era of replacement again and again and again. Build one DRM system, buy your whole collection again. That DRM system becomes outdated and no longer supported; buy your whole collection again. And so, as far as the record companies are concerned, is how it should go.
Of course CDs are perfectly adequate (objections from hard-core vinyl weirdos notwithstanding) and so I'm sticking with those. I like to physically own the medium anyway. All of my CDs are ripped to mp3s and playing from a computer jukebox at my house but at least I have a backup.
In this particular instance, I think the market will work it out. No-one likes to be treated like a criminal.
- ½
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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Nicolas Langlois
Sent: 31-Jan-07 09:20
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: Vista and XSI?
I know I'll probably get flamed too for this but here it goes:
That's precisely it. They're is no clear distinction what you're buying
when you're buying a CD or DVD. Ask the record or film companies what
you're buying when your buying a CD or DVD and they'll tell you you're
buying the medium (CD or DVD) along with the right to watch or listen to
it privately when ever you want. Which means you paid for the Copyright
and that you also paid the artist/staff that worked on that medium.
Now what happens when your CD or DVD doesn't play anymore (like that old
Joshua Tree album of mine - thank god I ripped it in mp3) because it's
been listened too too many times. I'm willing to pay again 1$-2$ for the
medium (which should be enough to pay for medium, printing, case,
pamphlet, and even for transport - I don't see why I should pay for
extra marketing since that already worked with me) to have a new one
since I've already bought the Copyrights to that album. Now why won't
they give me a new Joshua Tree album. And now I hear you: Whould you get
a new car for a rebate when your old one doesn't work anymore? The fact
is it's not the same thing. I never bought a Copyright on a car. And
since they're telling me I bought the rights to listen to the album, I
just want my rights back! That's all. So why should I pay the full price
again since I've already paid for the rights? I know the price of the
media but isn't the rights worth anything?
my 2 cents
niko
Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
>> The issue is fair use. We want to use music / video we
>> purchase in ways that WE decide. We want to use it on devices WE
>> want to use it on. We want to be able to make a legal backup
>> copy. We want to be able to play our video / music 5 or 10 years
>> from now.
>>
>> DRM is not the answer. It prevents to much fair use. Anyway,
>> the record companies just want *control* they want to decide
>> who is the next hot band. They don't want the people to
>> decide these things...
>>
>
> The issue is not fair use at all, it's about the human nature
> of not wanting to pay for anything. It's the difficulty
> of putting value on something that isn't physical. The
> vast majority of people do not care about buy legit
> software/music if they can get it otherwise easily.
>
> If you pay 10$ to see a movie in the theater, you do not have
> infinit rights to see the movie again or keep a so-call 'backup'
> copy of the movie. After your 10$ if up, it's finished, people get
> that. If you want to build a record collections over years, you can
> buy them on physical media. Even so, physical media degrades
> and formats change. Nothing is infinitely long-lasting. Apparently
> CD-R could last as little as 5 years!
>
> I see a lot of people complain about perhaps having to buy
> a 12$ iTune album again in 10 years. These people will also buy
> an 8$ coffee at starbuck that will give them pleasure for 10
> minutes. I think that 12$ album paid itself long ago.
>
> The perceived value difference between hardware and
> software is out-of-whack, for everyone myself included.
>
>
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