I figured that there would be a day when my 300 CDs would become relics, but it has happened sooner rather than later. Check out this story and podcast. Comment below.
http://www.slate.com/id/2208441/pagenum/2
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99312293
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One of the problems with DRM is that, in their rush to make profits, record labels ignore the fact that fans want to use creative and meaningful music/video and other content to make tributes, derivatives and other products that draw attention both to the new product and the original content. Right now the publicity the record labels get is negative, when they sue music users for copyright violations. But artists who release albums for free (indie band Jim's Big Ego is my personal favorite, with their album 'free*') and allow fans to share it freely get loyalty and higher sales/attendance at concerts.
ReplyDeleteHere's a great example of someone who wanted to point out the complexity of copyright rules; it's a video explaining copyright using clips of Disney movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUPsfYJONrU
I agree that there are copyright violations for a reason, it seems that if the music is downloaded for free against the artist wishes that it is wrong.On the other hand many people can't afford to buy all the music and movies that they want.so it seems to be a lose, lose situation.It is awsome when you can get the music for free to help promote the bands music. i dont have an ipod so this subject is not fimilar to me, but it is constantly brought up when you watch a movie, thats the first thing the viewers are informed about is piracy. i did think that when the band Systen of the Down made an album a year or so ago that was titled, steal this.It made a good point.
ReplyDeletehere are some of the sites I looked at, there seems to be alot of controversy about drm.
ReplyDeletewww.eff.org/issues/
http://www.macworld.com/article/57098/2007/04drmfree.html
www.ihatedrm.com
Steve Knopper made some interesting points in the podcast. I wasn't aware of how tense the ongoing battle of music ownership was, but I agree with some of the comments made by listeners that the industry really has come out looking like "thugs". I completely understand the industry's right to earn a profit off of their products and their interest in protecting those goods, but by making listening to music or watching movies so inconvenient and difficult, the industry annoys consumers into downloading illegally.
ReplyDeleteI agree with The Starving Author's point that the record labels have created and fueled their own bad publicity by suing their intended customers. Right now they are coming off more like a kid throwing a temper tantrum than an industry that I feel good about supporting.
Here's a really informative link I found that discusses DRM...
http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html
The more i researched DRM the more I found that it is not simply plaguing the music industry but also the gaming industry. However, the gaming industry has found ways around DRM that has actually prevented piracy and made legal wide spread use easier. The system is steam if anyone is familiar with the program it is a software that is downloaded to your computer which allows you to buy and download computer games through steam and keep them in your "profile" on steam that can be accessed from any computer with just a user name and password. Not only does it allow for protection of the games it has more practical benefits such as the fact that steam allows gamers access to older games that are no longer being mass produced and independent games that would not otherwise be available to the public.
ReplyDeleteThe music industry should somehow take a page out of the video game industry's DRM book. There can be a happy medium. No industry should allow its work to go for free but they are pushing themselves into a corner in which music lovers are finding easier and more convenient avenues to get their music.