Comments on: How DRM weakens publishers' negotiating leverage with retailers http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lodewijk Gonggrijp http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1386131 Lodewijk Gonggrijp Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1386131 If you buy stuff with DRM you deserve what you get. If you buy stuff with DRM you deserve what you get.

]]> By: Steven Barrett http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385499 Steven Barrett Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385499 We are BoingBoing. We are legion. We are BoingBoing. We are legion.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385306 digi_owl Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385306  It was simply what came to mind when i tried to combine a stick and a whip.  It was simply what came to mind when i tried to combine a stick and a whip.

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385177 angusm Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385177 <i>"DRM, it's a three-sectional coiling dragon staff to beat us with ..."</i> You're right, that's a much snappier title. “DRM, it’s a three-sectional coiling dragon staff to beat us with …” You’re right, that’s a much snappier title.

]]> By: HerkyDerky http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385125 HerkyDerky Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385125 "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes." -- Boing Boing “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” — Boing Boing

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385115 digi_owl Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385115 I love the contrast of Boingboing, where else do you find postings gushing superlatives about Apple products side by side with ones taking them to task about bad behavior? I love the contrast of Boingboing, where else do you find postings gushing superlatives about Apple products side by side with ones taking them to task about bad behavior?

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385113 digi_owl Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385113 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_section_staff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_section_staff

]]> By: Iaminnocenttheblood Ofthisjust http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385109 Iaminnocenttheblood Ofthisjust Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385109 That is the ultimate aim of DRM, to lock back in the market so you have to be fully "In the system" to publish anything on a computer/reader. The music industry doesn't care that there are plenty of artists out there who make their own music with NO sampling from copyright sources.  Or rather they DO care.  They want it so that even if you produce your own stuff on your own you won't be able to load it to anyone else's MP3 player, even for free.  You'll have to "Buy a license" / get permission and if you bypass the DRM you'll get sued or go to jail.  They'll claim it's open to any producer, but to get in the market will require an investment of millions and will still be subject to the plug being pulled a dozen different ways. ---Look up the recent expose of the "MPAA" for instance.  That right there is a creative foil to any "Independent" act but an enabler to something the major studios put out. Likewise with books, webpages, etc.  They fear any real competition.  That is the ultimate aim of DRM, to lock back in the market so you have to be fully “In the system” to publish anything on a computer/reader.

The music industry doesn’t care that there are plenty of artists out there who make their own music with NO sampling from copyright sources.  Or rather they DO care.  They want it so that even if you produce your own stuff on your own you won’t be able to load it to anyone else’s MP3 player, even for free.  You’ll have to “Buy a license” / get permission and if you bypass the DRM you’ll get sued or go to jail.  They’ll claim it’s open to any producer, but to get in the market will require an investment of millions and will still be subject to the plug being pulled a dozen different ways.

—Look up the recent expose of the “MPAA” for instance.  That right there is a creative foil to any “Independent” act but an enabler to something the major studios put out.

Likewise with books, webpages, etc.  They fear any real competition. 

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385093 angusm Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385093 Hmm ... Cory says that DRM is <i>"a whip to beat us with"</i>. And his collaborator Charles Stross makes very much the same point but calls it <i>"a stick with which to beat [publishers]"</i>.  http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/stross-publishers-insistenc.html So which is it? A whip? Or a stick? Why can't you guys get your stories straight? Hmm … Cory says that DRM is “a whip to beat us with”. And his collaborator Charles Stross makes very much the same point but calls it “a stick with which to beat [publishers]“.  http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/stross-publishers-insistenc.html

So which is it? A whip? Or a stick? Why can’t you guys get your stories straight?

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/how-drm-weakens-publishers-n.html#comment-1385067 The Life Of Bryan Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152426#comment-1385067 Wasn’t there some publisher back in the day who said something pithy about the ill-advised compromises people tend to make when fear clouds their judgement? Wasn’t there some publisher back in the day who said something pithy about the ill-advised compromises people tend to make when fear clouds their judgement?

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