Comments on: Apple and EMI Partner To Provide Non-DRM’d Music http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music grep understanding Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eamon Landon http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-44444 Eamon Landon Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:22:27 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-44444 <p>I agree with the change, especially with DRM. I usually wait for TV shows to come out on DVD,.I am an obsessive collector and I love serial type shows. When I started downloading shows from iTunes I was quite happy. I mean I can watch serial shows like Battlestar and Heroes and not miss anything, plus skip the commercials.</p> <p>Then I tried to move the 20 episodes I just purchased onto a DVD to watch on my player that will play AVIs, DiVX, etc and I am unable to do so because of DRM. Not only that, but I can only transfer the files to a few harddrives, ever. Now that is not something I think should happen if I pay for the shows. I should be able to watch them on my TV. This seems to me that more people will pirate the TV shows instead of purchasing them since most of us don't connect a PC to our TVs. I don't know, I think this had the reverse effect. I will be getting the DVDs.</p> <p>Way to go Apple, you just lost all my iTunes Store business.</p> I agree with the change, especially with DRM. I usually wait for TV shows to come out on DVD,.I am an obsessive collector and I love serial type shows. When I started downloading shows from iTunes I was quite happy. I mean I can watch serial shows like Battlestar and Heroes and not miss anything, plus skip the commercials.

Then I tried to move the 20 episodes I just purchased onto a DVD to watch on my player that will play AVIs, DiVX, etc and I am unable to do so because of DRM. Not only that, but I can only transfer the files to a few harddrives, ever. Now that is not something I think should happen if I pay for the shows. I should be able to watch them on my TV. This seems to me that more people will pirate the TV shows instead of purchasing them since most of us don’t connect a PC to our TVs. I don’t know, I think this had the reverse effect. I will be getting the DVDs.

Way to go Apple, you just lost all my iTunes Store business.

]]> By: Eamon Landon http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-247260 Eamon Landon Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:22:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-247260 <p>I agree with the change, especially with DRM. I usually wait for TV shows to come out on DVD,.I am an obsessive collector and I love serial type shows. When I started downloading shows from iTunes I was quite happy. I mean I can watch serial shows like Battlestar and Heroes and not miss anything, plus skip the commercials.</p> <p>Then I tried to move the 20 episodes I just purchased onto a DVD to watch on my player that will play AVIs, DiVX, etc and I am unable to do so because of DRM. Not only that, but I can only transfer the files to a few harddrives, ever. Now that is not something I think should happen if I pay for the shows. I should be able to watch them on my TV. This seems to me that more people will pirate the TV shows instead of purchasing them since most of us don't connect a PC to our TVs. I don't know, I think this had the reverse effect. I will be getting the DVDs.</p> <p>Way to go Apple, you just lost all my iTunes Store business.</p> I agree with the change, especially with DRM. I usually wait for TV shows to come out on DVD,.I am an obsessive collector and I love serial type shows. When I started downloading shows from iTunes I was quite happy. I mean I can watch serial shows like Battlestar and Heroes and not miss anything, plus skip the commercials.

Then I tried to move the 20 episodes I just purchased onto a DVD to watch on my player that will play AVIs, DiVX, etc and I am unable to do so because of DRM. Not only that, but I can only transfer the files to a few harddrives, ever. Now that is not something I think should happen if I pay for the shows. I should be able to watch them on my TV. This seems to me that more people will pirate the TV shows instead of purchasing them since most of us don’t connect a PC to our TVs. I don’t know, I think this had the reverse effect. I will be getting the DVDs.

Way to go Apple, you just lost all my iTunes Store business.

]]> By: Matt http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-44431 Matt Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:08:48 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-44431 <p>Rip-once and then distribute has been the way it's always done. Getting the content from iTunes instead of CD seems like it might be a convenience issue but a CD is still a better source medium.</p> <p>There isn't any music that is available in the iTunes store that you can't currently find on Bittorrent or the P2P networks so I doubt this will affect pirates at all.</p> <p>The interesting thing about this is that they will be able to estimate how much pirated content originates from the iTunes store. Nearly all pirated music is currently in MP3 format. I would imagine the pirates would not bother to transcode the AAC files into MP3 before distributing due to data loss and the hassle.</p> <p>Either way, I'm not sure this is going to change anything. I think we need a change in copyright laws, a more flexible and open distribution method, and more customer involvement to really revitalize the industry.</p> Rip-once and then distribute has been the way it’s always done. Getting the content from iTunes instead of CD seems like it might be a convenience issue but a CD is still a better source medium.

There isn’t any music that is available in the iTunes store that you can’t currently find on Bittorrent or the P2P networks so I doubt this will affect pirates at all.

The interesting thing about this is that they will be able to estimate how much pirated content originates from the iTunes store. Nearly all pirated music is currently in MP3 format. I would imagine the pirates would not bother to transcode the AAC files into MP3 before distributing due to data loss and the hassle.

Either way, I’m not sure this is going to change anything. I think we need a change in copyright laws, a more flexible and open distribution method, and more customer involvement to really revitalize the industry.

]]> By: Matt http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-247259 Matt Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:08:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-247259 <p>Rip-once and then distribute has been the way it's always done. Getting the content from iTunes instead of CD seems like it might be a convenience issue but a CD is still a better source medium.</p> <p>There isn't any music that is available in the iTunes store that you can't currently find on Bittorrent or the P2P networks so I doubt this will affect pirates at all.</p> <p>The interesting thing about this is that they will be able to estimate how much pirated content originates from the iTunes store. Nearly all pirated music is currently in MP3 format. I would imagine the pirates would not bother to transcode the AAC files into MP3 before distributing due to data loss and the hassle.</p> <p>Either way, I'm not sure this is going to change anything. I think we need a change in copyright laws, a more flexible and open distribution method, and more customer involvement to really revitalize the industry.</p> Rip-once and then distribute has been the way it’s always done. Getting the content from iTunes instead of CD seems like it might be a convenience issue but a CD is still a better source medium.

There isn’t any music that is available in the iTunes store that you can’t currently find on Bittorrent or the P2P networks so I doubt this will affect pirates at all.

The interesting thing about this is that they will be able to estimate how much pirated content originates from the iTunes store. Nearly all pirated music is currently in MP3 format. I would imagine the pirates would not bother to transcode the AAC files into MP3 before distributing due to data loss and the hassle.

Either way, I’m not sure this is going to change anything. I think we need a change in copyright laws, a more flexible and open distribution method, and more customer involvement to really revitalize the industry.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-44420 Daniel Miessler Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:07:52 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-44420 <p>The effort involved in ripping thousands of CDs and then posting them to the Internet is much greater than simply downloading once and redistributing the content. That's the danger here: only one person has to do it and the stuff is then propagated.</p> <p>And in the past there have been issues with quality. Now, because of iTunes, we'll have perfect quality, perfect metadata, and probably even album art floating around everywhere. I'm not completely sure this will become rampant and cause harm to the model, but I am worried about the possibility.</p> The effort involved in ripping thousands of CDs and then posting them to the Internet is much greater than simply downloading once and redistributing the content. That’s the danger here: only one person has to do it and the stuff is then propagated.

And in the past there have been issues with quality. Now, because of iTunes, we’ll have perfect quality, perfect metadata, and probably even album art floating around everywhere. I’m not completely sure this will become rampant and cause harm to the model, but I am worried about the possibility.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-247258 Daniel Miessler Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:07:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-247258 <p>The effort involved in ripping thousands of CDs and then posting them to the Internet is much greater than simply downloading once and redistributing the content. That's the danger here: only one person has to do it and the stuff is then propagated.</p> <p>And in the past there have been issues with quality. Now, because of iTunes, we'll have perfect quality, perfect metadata, and probably even album art floating around everywhere. I'm not completely sure this will become rampant and cause harm to the model, but I am worried about the possibility.</p> The effort involved in ripping thousands of CDs and then posting them to the Internet is much greater than simply downloading once and redistributing the content. That’s the danger here: only one person has to do it and the stuff is then propagated.

And in the past there have been issues with quality. Now, because of iTunes, we’ll have perfect quality, perfect metadata, and probably even album art floating around everywhere. I’m not completely sure this will become rampant and cause harm to the model, but I am worried about the possibility.

]]> By: Icelander http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-44418 Icelander Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:45:17 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-44418 <p>I think you're overly pessimistic. For a long time there's been piracy sites out there. DRM didn't stop people from putting things out there, so the lack of DRM shouldn't affect it. 90% of all music is sold DRM-free in much higher quality on CDs. Why making a percentage of a minority of the Music DRM free make a difference?</p> I think you’re overly pessimistic. For a long time there’s been piracy sites out there. DRM didn’t stop people from putting things out there, so the lack of DRM shouldn’t affect it. 90% of all music is sold DRM-free in much higher quality on CDs. Why making a percentage of a minority of the Music DRM free make a difference?

]]> By: Icelander http://danielmiessler.com/blog/apple-and-emi-partner-to-provide-non-drmd-music/comment-page-1#comment-247257 Icelander Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:45:00 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1248#comment-247257 <p>I think you're overly pessimistic. For a long time there's been piracy sites out there. DRM didn't stop people from putting things out there, so the lack of DRM shouldn't affect it. 90% of all music is sold DRM-free in much higher quality on CDs. Why making a percentage of a minority of the Music DRM free make a difference?</p> I think you’re overly pessimistic. For a long time there’s been piracy sites out there. DRM didn’t stop people from putting things out there, so the lack of DRM shouldn’t affect it. 90% of all music is sold DRM-free in much higher quality on CDs. Why making a percentage of a minority of the Music DRM free make a difference?

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