QUOTE(anarchron @ Dec 28 2006, 07:43 AM)
Well, look at PC games. Most of them don't have DRM crap and yet they still sell.
Lets think back a few years..... actually about 15 years or so. DRM is for Digital.... not analog. Since digital has come into our lives and has taken over everything from video, to pictures, to music, it has now become easier to "share" this information. Think back about 15 years ago, before cd's really became big, and we were all using tapes.... well, maybe 20 years, but anway. Lets say i went out and bought a new Bon Jovi tape.... it's really cool.... i let my friends hear it, and they want it. so you make 5-10 copies, and they make copies, and more copies. This might hit about 100 people before the quality is so bad it isn't usiable. Now with digital, you can now copy it as many times as you want, and it doesn't degrade, PLUS one person can now hit millions of people.
I personally agree with fair use. If i have bought the digtal format of "xxxxxxx" music, i would like to play it on my computer, my mp3 player, my cd player, my usb stick at work, and so on and so on. but is you can use it that many places, whos to say you can't send it to a friend, easier now than before.... they also say that DRM keeps honest people honest. back in the day that i would share tapes with friends, i didn't know it was illegal to do this. my parents may have, but they did the same. when you make it hard for me and them to do this, they figure.... well, i might be able to do this since it's not easy.
anyway, my two cents.
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