I'm not real happy about the upcoming security measures that I've heard about (such as DRM), but I see them as the inevitable consequence of the widespread looting of the music industry through online copyright violation networks. I see them as an attempt to put bars on the windows and doors of a store which has been losing revenue to internet file 'sharing'.
Would I like to shop at a store with a bulletproof shield between me and the cashier?... or at a store which intrusively checks for shoplifters? No. But I don't blame the store for what's about to ensue... I blame the music 'sharing' networks and the people who are using them to violate copyright. They are responsible for the upcoming wave of inconvenience that we're all about to experience.
There are a lot of honest people with large music collections who only want to make backup copies, make best-hits CD's of already purchased works, and other fair-use activities... who will not be able to do so because of music 'sharing' networks. If not for the amorality of the copyright violators, I think DRM would be dead in the water.
But if you (or anyone) has an idea of how to stop internet copyright violators without inconveniencing everyone in the process, I'd love to hear it. But, IMO, there isn't a middle ground that will solve this problem.
I don't buy this argument. See my read on the real agenda, in Msg #68.
But if you (or anyone) has an idea of how to stop internet copyright violators without inconveniencing everyone in the process, I'd love to hear it.
The same way you stop every other crime -- by enforcing the law against individual violators. Duh.