Why DRM ?

[GhostShip]

This article provides one answer to the greed fest.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29161

When an agenda driven DRM infection peddler gets on a soapbox and blathers about how it is necessary to protect the BMW payments of a producer who leeches off the talented, rest assured, they are lying to you. DRM has absolutely nothing to do with protecting content, it is about protecting the wallets of major corporations. The funny thing is they aren't protecting it from you, they are protecting it from each other.

Here is the problem, every DRM infection is unique, patented, copyrighted, copywronged, and DMCAd ad nauseum, They protect their code in every way possible, and make it so you have to get their approval to use it. This is all done under the guise of protecting content, but that is a lie. If you are going to steal content, do you think violating another copyright on the DRM mechanism will make you lose more sleep? Not a chance.

An interesting look at the Cartel fighting amongst itself to slice up the market between its members, at the expense of the consumer of course, but what can we expect ?
With the profits these companies make, not many politicians wish to call time on the "Lock-in" features being forced on hapless users.

DRM is anti competition and anti consumer, do your bit today and dont buy into the proprietory format stupidity, X Box, Playstation, Ipod etc are all just ways to milk your wallet, why people wish to pay so much for the feel good factor is beyond me  :roll:

[lysander]

This article is terrible. It contains no statistics, no facts, no great inspirational speeches, no flashes of insight,  only yelling. in particular, the bit about how every DRM is different is completely wrong; Media Max, for example, gets licensed out ot several different recording labels.