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Re: Hi-def's DRM: Dead with Rigor MortisGood Morning Silicon Valley
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:54:08 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Adams <adamsc () gmail com> Date: February 13, 2007 8:28:27 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Re: Hi-def's DRM: Dead with Rigor MortisGood Morning Silicon Valley
On Feb 13, 2007, at 3:11 PM, David Farber wrote:
From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com>This isn't true at all. Apple's DRM comes with a huge hole that lets you burn your protected music onto a CD and then reimport it. The loss in quality is minimal and probably not even detectable by most. Yet Apple has sold more than a billion songs and paid plenty of royalties.
An important thing to note here is that iTunes has very few exclusive items, which is why the past FairPlay cracks haven't been updated since there's very little incentive to spend a lot of time circumventing a DRM system when the same content is available from ripped CDs.
In contrast the fact that HD video is largely only available in DRMed form which cannot be backed up and has many reports of erroneously denying access to legitimate users provides a much greater incentive for someone to circumvent that DRM.
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