The Digital Home Video: Stop complaining about DRM

Stop complaining about DRM. Please.

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[cporpheus]

I see more people getting bit by DRM and complaining as a sign that more and more people are not only going to complain, but choose DRM-free alternatives.
How is complaining bad when it is the consumer complaining?
I think you should be telling people to complain louder over DRM, not less.

[donsms]

The reason the record labels don`t want DRM free music on itunes is because of their lack of control they have over Apple and Steve Jobs,plain and simple.Jobs runs the show there and can tell the labels where to go over price and how the music is presented.What other reason could it be?Control and price over your product is the motivating reason where and how it`s sold.

[ofmyony]

I have a little different take on things. I think Apple likes using it's own format, drm scheme. It stops competition from entering the market place. When someone buys a Itunes drm track at a cheaper price they are saying they trust Apple to look out for them and their precious Ipod. Apple loves these people and they know that these Ipod lovers will never look at other solutions which are better in many aspects. Such as better pricing more features better sound quality.

Apple wants to keep their listeners tied down. I feel that yes music companies dislike Apple but I feel Apple is as much to blame with keeping drm as is the music companies hating Apple. Apple is doing whatever it can to hold on to it's market share and locking consumers into using Itunes and their drm wrapped less expensive songs. Consumers like Apple because they have a great beginning to end solution that no other company can match and consumers are willing to pay 10 cents more per song because it is totally worth it for them. Don is obviously not one of them neither am I.