tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16862808.post4158446005110912929..comments2023-10-21T07:53:21.396-07:00Comments on ThreeDimensionalPeople: DRM-free content, data-loving subscribers: the beginning of the end of the mobile darkness?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310193324855338868noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16862808.post-79327312700319837762007-02-08T15:21:00.000-08:002007-02-08T15:21:00.000-08:00While most would agree that an open model would pr...While most would agree that an open model would probably help the market to grow larger, I'm afraid that DRM will be around for awhile. <BR/><BR/>Jobs'claim that interoperable DRM is not secure and therefore impossible, is simply not true. <BR/><BR/>By poo-pooing DRM Jobs is opening a pandora's box. He is inadvertantly encouraging collection societies to continue to unfairly collect levies for private copying.<BR/><BR/>Pointing the finger at the big four media companies draws attention away from the possibility of making DRM interoperable and also "invisible" to consumers. <BR/><BR/>EMI's foray into MP3 open distribution and other recent experiments shows us that open content distribution is gaining ground but let's not forget that saving DRM is still a viable option but would need cooperation amoung industry players.SeanPaavohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666860017513879240noreply@blogger.com