Comments on: In Case You Were Wondering, DRM Still Sucks http://www.freshdv.com/2008/07/another-reason-drm-still-sucks.html Serving up fresh, crispy news and views for creators and consumers of digital video Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Matthew Jeppsen http://www.freshdv.com/2008/07/another-reason-drm-still-sucks.html#comment-175689 Matthew Jeppsen Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:24:11 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/?p=2186#comment-175689 Jordan, your monthly subscription service *may* be on it's way...a few Apple rumor sites are abuzz with the possibility of a $129/yr iTunes service. Of course, this rumor sort of makes the rounds from time to time, so take it with a grain of salt... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/21/rumor:-apple-readying-$130/year-itunes-subscription-service and http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10022064-27.html -Matt Jeppsen Jordan, your monthly subscription service *may* be on it’s way…a few Apple rumor sites are abuzz with the possibility of a $129/yr iTunes service. Of course, this rumor sort of makes the rounds from time to time, so take it with a grain of salt…

http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/08/21/rumor:-apple-readying-$130/year-itunes-subscription-service and http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10022064-27.html
-Matt Jeppsen

]]> By: Jordan http://www.freshdv.com/2008/07/another-reason-drm-still-sucks.html#comment-169713 Jordan Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:32:20 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/?p=2186#comment-169713 great post. I've completely stopped buying music on the iTMS in favor of amazon's DRM free selection. The only thing that would convince me to return to DRMed files would be a monthly subscription service that worked with my iPhone. great post. I’ve completely stopped buying music on the iTMS in favor of amazon’s DRM free selection. The only thing that would convince me to return to DRMed files would be a monthly subscription service that worked with my iPhone.

]]> By: Julian http://www.freshdv.com/2008/07/another-reason-drm-still-sucks.html#comment-169696 Julian Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:22:09 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/?p=2186#comment-169696 I concur that DRM does indeed suck. I am however surprised that the Zune marketplace deserves a mention among Amazon and iTunes as their "slice" of the digital music store isn't even relevant. That said, I find it funny that Yahoo recommends people burn their music onto CD's then re-rip them to bypass the DRM.... what's the whole point of the DRM then? I think that DRM was just an experiment by the labels (and by experiment, I mean they whole-heartedly thought that it would lock people into purchasing the same song over and over again to be used in different places - computer, stereo, cell phone etc.) Had Apple been willing to jack with the prices the way the 3 big labels wanted, we would still have DRM. But since Apple won't push prices higher - or even test out "tiered" pricing - the labels are eager to pull the wind from iTunes' sales and the only way they can do that is by selling un-DRM'd songs through other digital music stores. But - if the labels succeed in doing that (reducing iTunes sales enough by deluding the digital download market - and thats a big "IF"), watch them start it all back up again. If that does indeed happen, let's home Amazon has the cajones to stand up to the labels the way Apple did. I concur that DRM does indeed suck. I am however surprised that the Zune marketplace deserves a mention among Amazon and iTunes as their “slice” of the digital music store isn’t even relevant. That said, I find it funny that Yahoo recommends people burn their music onto CD’s then re-rip them to bypass the DRM…. what’s the whole point of the DRM then?

I think that DRM was just an experiment by the labels (and by experiment, I mean they whole-heartedly thought that it would lock people into purchasing the same song over and over again to be used in different places - computer, stereo, cell phone etc.) Had Apple been willing to jack with the prices the way the 3 big labels wanted, we would still have DRM. But since Apple won’t push prices higher - or even test out “tiered” pricing - the labels are eager to pull the wind from iTunes’ sales and the only way they can do that is by selling un-DRM’d songs through other digital music stores.

But - if the labels succeed in doing that (reducing iTunes sales enough by deluding the digital download market - and thats a big “IF”), watch them start it all back up again. If that does indeed happen, let’s home Amazon has the cajones to stand up to the labels the way Apple did.

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