I suspect this will only affect a small portion of users who are misled into purchasing worthless digitally crippled music (DRM) for their mobile phones.
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180203263In a rant that awoke all the participants in this end-of-the-day session, Birch of Consult Hyperion, a U.K.-based independent IT consultancy, reminded the panel of mobile operators, device-makers and standards developers that the telecommunications industry is at least 15 times larger than the Hollywood "content" industry. Yet, Hollywood is prevailing in its demands for embedded technologies designed to prevent illegal sharing of music and video by mobile phone users.
"Why are you such a bunch of big girls?" asked Birch. "Why don’t you tell the content owners to just get stuffed?"
He continued unabated: "You’re too seduced by the content industry, Hollywood is not even a $10 billion industry. Hollywood is small compared to the telecom industry. Why don’t you take a stronger line? Consumers don’t want DRM at all. You can’t sell DRM."
The panelists, nonplussed by Birch's outburst, left it to Willms Buhse, vice chair of the Open Mobile Alliance to attempt a response. He said that the imbalance between Hollywood’s size and its power was a matter of glamour, and its effect on public policymakers.
Its nice to hear that these so called "captains of industry" are more concerned with Christine Aguilera than doing anything positive for the consumer, perhaps they live under the impression that only the youth market is worth doing anything for, due to the quick profits to be had.
