Comments on: Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system

At 3GSM conference, company unveils system that allows sharing of protected content between mobile phones, PCs and other devices.

[Professor Cornbread]

Consumer should speak with their wallets

I am and always have been against any form of this DRM crap. And this extends to the latest in software registration which requires me to go through the 'easy and painless' registration system, which becomes a 'long and painful experience' when you delete Photoshop CS2 off a computer but don't 'release' the license.

I haven't purchased a CD in 5 years in protest to unreasonably high CD prices (A CD has always been between 15-20 dollars since they were introduced, yet the cost to make them has dropped to pratically nothing). I say 4.99 is a fair price.

Stop buying songs online. I have never purchased a song online, and never will so long as there is some form of DRM associated with it. You aren't buying music, you are renting it.

Can't we get back to the system where when a consumer buys something, they can do with it what they please?

When I buy my next car, is there going to be something that prevents me from taking it out of state?!

[Penguinisto]

The Problem is Ignorance.

Ask the average non-tech user what they think a computer is and what comes with one.

The answer is likely "Oh, it's a thingy that does my web and email. It comes with (guess which OS I would normally type in here?)..."

Most know no different. A good share of them probably think that an Apple comes with Windows pre-installed.

PS: Screw Photoshop - get GIMP :)

/P

[Professor Cornbread]

Consumer should speak with their wallets

I am and always have been against any form of this DRM crap. And this extends to the latest in software registration which requires me to go through the 'easy and painless' registration system, which becomes a 'long and painful experience' when you delete Photoshop CS2 off a computer but don't 'release' the license.

I haven't purchased a CD in 5 years in protest to unreasonably high CD prices (A CD has always been between 15-20 dollars since they were introduced, yet the cost to make them has dropped to pratically nothing). I say 4.99 is a fair price.

Stop buying songs online. I have never purchased a song online, and never will so long as there is some form of DRM associated with it. You aren't buying music, you are renting it.

Can't we get back to the system where when a consumer buys something, they can do with it what they please?

When I buy my next car, is there going to be something that prevents me from taking it out of state?!

[Penguinisto]

The Problem is Ignorance.

Ask the average non-tech user what they think a computer is and what comes with one.

The answer is likely "Oh, it's a thingy that does my web and email. It comes with (guess which OS I would normally type in here?)..."

Most know no different. A good share of them probably think that an Apple comes with Windows pre-installed.

PS: Screw Photoshop - get GIMP :)

/P

[ralfthedog]

Tell me if I am right?

I have a screaming migraine so I might not have read this story right, but if it works across platforms I would think that it is a streaming service.

1. You buy (rent the music)
2. You register the device you want to play the music on.
3. When you want to play it, they stream it to you.
4. You pay big bandwidth charges to your cell company.
5. Microsoft decides to no longer offer this service and you music is gone.

[ralfthedog]

Tell me if I am right?

I have a screaming migraine so I might not have read this story right, but if it works across platforms I would think that it is a streaming service.

1. You buy (rent the music)
2. You register the device you want to play the music on.
3. When you want to play it, they stream it to you.
4. You pay big bandwidth charges to your cell company.
5. Microsoft decides to no longer offer this service and you music is gone.

[thedreaming]

I understand the fear

Really, I do. I understand their fear. One person buys a ringtone, then gives it out to 1 million of his closest friends. That's alot of revenue to lose, especially at $1.99 to $2.99 a pop.

But is it really fair to pay $1.99 for a wallpaper when the picture is only 176 x 220? That's a really small picture. Even a full 1440 x 900 isn't worth $1.99.

Personally, I never liked paying .99 for one single DRM Ridden song.

[thedreaming]

I understand the fear

Really, I do. I understand their fear. One person buys a ringtone, then gives it out to 1 million of his closest friends. That's alot of revenue to lose, especially at $1.99 to $2.99 a pop.

But is it really fair to pay $1.99 for a wallpaper when the picture is only 176 x 220? That's a really small picture. Even a full 1440 x 900 isn't worth $1.99.

Personally, I never liked paying .99 for one single DRM Ridden song.