Grokking Cuban

Grokking Cuban

Posted Jul 9, 2005 16:42 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Grokking Cuban by peace
Parent article: Re-grokking Grokster (Linux Journal)

It includes making available legal channels for music download via iTunes and all the immitations, each infused with incompatible DRM.

Isn't it the great thing ? I've seen a lof of people who tried iTunes and some other services. And were happy at first. But when they found it's impossible to use "bought" records as they wish (with regular MP3-player, for example; or with mobile-phone) they switched to Kazaa, Ed2k, BitTorrent, ... - and never looked back.

In other words, creating a huge mess of the technology leading to fear and loathing and profits.

True, but this short-term gain leads to long-term loses. If compatible DRM schemes were implemented everywhere and "Joe Average" was able to listen to iTunes bought song on his MS-enabled PDA he'd never even though about DRM!

Only time will tell who'll win this one... There are two possibilities only:
1. RIAA, MPAA and others will be defeated.
2. We'll enter the new "Dark Age" (since most DRM schemes are designed to make information totally inaccessible after some time future historians will have even less info about that time then thay have about times without written languages).

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