__/ [ Snit ] on Monday 25 December 2006 22:39 \__
> "John A. Bailo" <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
> dqWdnUNi6osN0A3YnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on 12/25/06 3:15 PM:
>
>> Snit wrote:
>>
>>> How long until Linux programs start accepting DRM to be able to get
>>> content that is protected?
>>
>> I listen to Rhapsody using a Firefox plugin on Suse 10.1
>>
>> It's protected content.
>>
>> Basically when we talk about "protected" content, we talk about "files".
>> Files are 20th century. There is no need for files. We should talk
>> about streams.
>>
>> I can access 1,000,000 CDs worth of "protected" content from
>> http://www.rhapsody.com on Linux using the Firefox browser.
>
> Streams are great... but they are not the only solution.
Forget about it. DRM will dimish, not prosper. DRM is a disrptuive techlogy,
like Free software. Unliket Free software, however, it works against people,
not /for/ them. It robs freedom/liberty, not grants it. The industry is a
minority; the customers are the vast majority, so they will win. DRM will
sink...just like Sony's mini-disk.
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