drm music?

[Chiquae07]

now im doing a research paper for one of my classes, and i need two sides on the issue : drm or drm-free music?

i know we all hate it, but there has to be an editorial that is PRO drm music. i cant find anything, and any of you guys help me out here?

thanks in advance.

[drunken monkey]

Do you really need a pre-existing article to help you with the pro drm argument? It isn't that difficult to understand really. Ignoring everything else, it is about the right of an individual or organisation to protect something that they own.

I think that's the best starting point for the drm argument.

On the flip side.
What are the benefits of non drm?
Actual real benefits. What does non drm support? What does it mean?

Now as a friend of mine would say: go think, that's why god gave you a brain.

[fredjacksonsan]

For the pro-DRM, check any major music company's site for a start.

Moving to music section.

[Chiquae07]

well, my teacher is saying i need editorials, not my own knowing. maybe check the mpaa and riaa website, as much as i hate them.

[Oz]

Originally Posted by drunken monkey

Do you really need a pre-existing article to help you with the pro drm argument? It isn't that difficult to understand really. Ignoring everything else, it is about the right of an individual or organisation to protect something that they own.

I think that's the best starting point for the drm argument.

On the flip side.
What are the benefits of non drm?
Actual real benefits. What does non drm support? What does it mean?

Now as a friend of mine would say: go think, that's why god gave you a brain.

You mean like the kind of DRM music I have to pay to download, and then it won't work burnt onto a CD in my cars MP3 head unit? Or do you mean the kind that doesn't work in my MP3 player. Or the kind that doesn't work when it's uploaded to my phone.

Or do you mean Sony installing rootkits on your computer? That could be exploited to do God only knows what?

The beauty of digital music is it's versatility - it can be used in all sorts of devices and places. DRM does not deliver on it's promises.

[drunken monkey]

well, that's a flaw of the systems they use.
I'm talking about the idea of digital rights, not how it's turned out.

But yes, I do know the flaws.
I mean, even Communism works in principle.....

Perhaps that the biggest argument against it as it stand; that it doesn't deliver what it (ideally) aims to do.
It'd make a better read if well written than the usual arguments.
It would take more work though.

[Oz]

It doesn't matter about the "idea" of DRM if it can't be implemented properly - and it hasn't been. Think Communism - great idea, not going to work in reality.

Some think it's killing the music industry as a whole, and want it abolished by Christmas.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...illing-us.html

[drunken monkey]

I have to say, so far, DRM hasn't affected me one bit.
Is it's implementation the same in the US and where you are as it is here in the UK?
How widespread is its use?

another question I have now, is whether the assignment is talking specifically about DRM (as in that little red symbol) or digital rights management in general.

[03cavPA]

http://www.boycott-riaa.com/

Granted, they'd like to see the fat cats burn in everlasting hell, but I'm sure you can find links to just about any story you want to read.

DRM is killing music. Sure, copyright violation (whatever that REALLY means) is a bad thing, but DRM makes the media worthless, if I can't use what I pay for.

Oz, good link. Interesting to see that retailers reported a sharp increase in sales when EMI dropped the DRM. If the music industry won't give consumers what they want, and are willing to pay for, people will find another means to acquire it. The demand is there, the supply needs to meet customers' needs. Seems like basic economics to me.