Drunk on a Bike?

Remember, when you've had too much to drink to safely drive, do the sensible thing and ride a bike. Feel free to request help from your local police officer if you'd like.

Raul

What DRM is REALLY About:

The big media companies (represented in music/video by the RIAA and MPAA) want to redefine their customers' relationship with the content they are willing to purchase. The ultimate goal is a purely rented model. In other words, you can no longer purchase a CD or movie, rather you pay for the privilige of listening/watching it for some period of time (the life of your computer, ipod). It cannot be for the stated goal of restricting the trade of songs and movies between friends/P2P'ers since that is ultimately impossible for anything digital, no matter what the DRM used. There is one exception to this situation:

If EVERY SINGLE playback and recording device can be forced to follow standards set up BY the media companies and backed up by laws that forbid non-approved devices it is possible that file-sharing might be slowed or stopped. The question is whether or not the Big Boys can hold out in the face of actual market pressure from companies who try to give what *customers* are asking for. You know, in this free market economy that made the US so great and all...

After all, none of the proponents of DRM can answer truthfully the 2 questions at this center of this mess:

Which customers have asked for DRM?
Which customers would willingly pay for something that they don't want?

Raul