Comments on: EMI considers opening its DRM to inspection

Music industry giant is reviewing request by digital rights group to allow reverse engineering of its DRM software.

[chhooks]

Save your money

In software during the early ninties, antipiracy features were incorporated into the installation programs. As fast as a new design was created a hacker found a way to defeat it. The cost of software today is based in larg part on the cost of both piracy and antipiracy. It would be much cheaper for the consumer to just save the money and leave it off. DRM is a way for the "haves" (music labels) to control the "have nots" (consumers) use of music they have generally already purchased. If I have (over) paid for a CD and then want to listen to it on a mp3 player why should I not be able to convert it, store it and listen to it when I wish? Or, why should I not be able to compile a playlist (again of music I paid for) of the best songs of several cd's and place them on a CDR or Minidisc and again, listen to them when I want on the player I choose... As long as there are restrictions placed on what I can do with property I have purchased I refuse to make the purchase at all! There will be NONE of my money go for any DRM encumbered music, operating system or hardware Period.

[chhooks]

Save your money

In software during the early ninties, antipiracy features were incorporated into the installation programs. As fast as a new design was created a hacker found a way to defeat it. The cost of software today is based in larg part on the cost of both piracy and antipiracy. It would be much cheaper for the consumer to just save the money and leave it off. DRM is a way for the "haves" (music labels) to control the "have nots" (consumers) use of music they have generally already purchased. If I have (over) paid for a CD and then want to listen to it on a mp3 player why should I not be able to convert it, store it and listen to it when I wish? Or, why should I not be able to compile a playlist (again of music I paid for) of the best songs of several cd's and place them on a CDR or Minidisc and again, listen to them when I want on the player I choose... As long as there are restrictions placed on what I can do with property I have purchased I refuse to make the purchase at all! There will be NONE of my money go for any DRM encumbered music, operating system or hardware Period.

[skeptik]

In other words...

... take our word for it and trust us. We would never be evil like Sony.

Thanks, but I'd rather have a 3rd party verify the safety of any product over trusting the vendor to assure me it's safe.
Sony screwed the pooch for all labels. Consumers doing legal things with their media are considered guilty until proven innocent and even then are denied fair use rights. The labels are going to have to expect a little flack and loss of trust at the least.

[skeptik]

In other words...

... take our word for it and trust us. We would never be evil like Sony.

Thanks, but I'd rather have a 3rd party verify the safety of any product over trusting the vendor to assure me it's safe.
Sony screwed the pooch for all labels. Consumers doing legal things with their media are considered guilty until proven innocent and even then are denied fair use rights. The labels are going to have to expect a little flack and loss of trust at the least.