{"id":50,"date":"2002-10-08T21:30:26","date_gmt":"2002-10-08T21:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2008-07-07T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T17:18:52","slug":"could-you-please-wipe-the-foam-from-my-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2002\/could-you-please-wipe-the-foam-from-my-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"DRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"mailto:erik@inoffice.com\">My friend Erik<\/a> got excited recently when he heard that BestBuy will offer downloadable songs for $1.  I couldn&#8217;t disagree more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guarantee you, you will notice that every solution proposed by the recording studios will not<br \/>\nhave &#8220;digital rights management&#8221; as a &#8220;separate issue&#8221;, it will be ingrained into the process. <br \/>\nAnd it will in turn BREAK the process.  They are bound to fail through their own greed.  Just my 2<br \/>\ncents, but MARK MY WORDS!  WRITE IT DOWN!  hehehe<\/p>\n<p>cya<\/p>\n<p>> The perfect solution rarely comes up as the first step&#8230; but I think this is a step in the<br \/>\n> right direction&#8230; namely to let songs &#8220;float&#8221; on their worth&#8230; the control of digital content<br \/>\n> is a separate matter&#8230; also important and also evolving&#8230; just like the FBI warning on taping<br \/>\n> movies, these laws are written, but not enforced&#8230; what will drive the industry is market<br \/>\n> forces&#8230; just like people bought VCRs, subscribed to cable, migrated to DVDs&#8230; now music is<br \/>\n> going to move to pay per song&#8230;<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> The great thing about that is that there will be a network set up to sell and distribute<br \/>\n> music&#8230; so if your garage band cranks out a good tune, you can plug into the system and sell a<br \/>\n> million copies of the song&#8230; studios don&#8217;t have to bet millions on making billions and<br \/>\n> therefore the distribution of music is less risky.<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> Less risky distibution means much great availability and variety of music.<br \/>\n><br \/>\n> Just my two cents, of course!<br \/>\n><br \/>\n><br \/>\n> m@thedigitalmachine.com wrote:<br \/>\n><br \/>\n>> Are you paying attention, my friend?<br \/>\n>> Read the fine print and you will see all the DRM restrictions on the music&#8230;<br \/>\n>><br \/>\n>> EMI songs can be &#8220;burned&#8221; onto a recordable audio CD twice, can be installed on three<br \/>\n>> different computers, and can be downloaded onto certain portable devices an unlimited number<br \/>\n>> of times. Warner songs can&#8217;t be burned onto a CD, can be installed on only one computer, and<br \/>\n>> apparently can&#8217;t be downloaded onto portable devices.<br \/>\n>> In two words, THIS SUCKS!<br \/>\n>> It is something to be afraid of, not excited about.  It&#8217;s also why it will never catch on. The<br \/>\n>> recording studios are being just as stupid this second time around&#8230;<br \/>\n>><br \/>\n>> > Looks like I&#8217;m not the only one thinking $1 per song is the right price!<br \/>\n>> ><br \/>\n>> > http:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/_yahoo\/tech\/georgemannes\/10045816.html<br \/>\n>> ><br \/>\n>> > I think this is a great direction for the music industry&#8230; $1 per song, split between the<br \/>\n>> > artist, studio and retailer&#8230; put the universe of songs in digital format and let the music<br \/>\n>> > play!<br \/>\n>> ><br \/>\n>> > And this will create a whole new set of opportunities for new artists&#8230; plugging into the<br \/>\n>> > &#8220;digital machine&#8221; and getting letting their work rise and fall as it may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-rants-and-raves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-O","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2024,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2016\/ring-my-bell\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Ring my bell&#8221;","author":"m","date":"March 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":", said Dr Levine.\u00a0 He installed a bell last year for 5+ year survivers to ring.\u00a0 10 years out, I qualify!\u00a0 What a great guy. \u00a0The last paper I found from him details how patients that got CRS with IPHC (the \"mother of all surgeries\") live longer than previously suggested,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Life","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/daily-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":216,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/pruis-how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":1},"title":"Prius, how do I love thee?  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