This is why DRM is evil
Friday, July 25th, 2008OK I tend not to write too much on the DRM wars sensing I’m probably preaching to the perverted, but occasionally I come across something which is such a good example of why DRM is wrong I have to post it - this is one such occasion (Yahoo is taking it’s DRM servers offline)
How ANYONE can say this is good for consumers, I don’t know - along with the (failed) MSN attempt to do same - shitting on legitimate users is not going to make ‘home taping’ less attractive and supporting artists which supposedly was the goal of DRM (actually it wasn’t, the music industry’s goal like the MPAA was a licensing model where you endlessly re-sell the same old shit back to the consumer as it ‘expires’ - like some sleazy slum landlord, a leasing model). So basically those who bought legal Yahoo music now have less than someone buying a CD or downloading illegally. Nice.
Especially ironic when Yahoo suggest using one of the old DRM workarounds (burning to CD) teaching all these people how to avoid DRM lossily -great work Yahoo! You’re doing the best to promote piracy and our goals - for that I salute you!
Come to P2P and torrent children, ignore your nasty corporate overlords…
