September 28, 2008
Before anyone starts jumping down my throat about how great Pandora is, how bad the RIAA is or how this is all about restoring our rights as consumers let me say this….
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September 27, 2008
While those bastions of the music and video entertainment continue to persue both locking down their products with draconian methods and letting their various lobbying trade associations practice being SWAT teams the people who try to be honest are getting royally screwed. EA is using SecureROM as part of the security measures for their newest game Spore which is leading them into a SonyBMG like class action lawsuit. Each of the major players with online music stores that have been blessed by the music industry each have their own DRM methods of locking down something you have tried to be honest and pay for.
The problem is that by trying to play the game and be honest you are leaving yourself open to being ripped off in some fashion or another. This isn’t even taking into account the various methods used to maximize entertainment industry profits by geotarding online services like Pandora or even the industry’s own glowing example of technology being done right - NBC’s Hulu.
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