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Not all of us, some of us don't buy digital goods with DRM embedded. Most of the friends I talk to that buy drm stuff buy it thinking it will be around forever
by behringer 8y ago
Not all of us, some of us don't buy digital goods with DRM embedded.
Most of the friends I talk to that buy drm stuff buy it thinking it will be around forever. They just don't conceive of a world without iTunes or Amazon.
- jklinger410 8y ago>They just don't conceive of a world without iTunes or Amazon. Many of them trade this for convenience and assume there will be an off-boarding process.
- behringer 8y agoIf you think Amazon will refund you 3000 dollars worth of digital goods in 50 years if they go bankrupt, you're dreaming. If you're very lucky, whoever bought them out might let you keep your stuff, or more likely, let you buy it again.
- eecc 8y agoIn 50 years their code will be cracked or the root keys leaked (especially during a bankruptcy meltdown). Of course that’s not something to count on, but history is a proven record that opsec failures will produce the opportunities for “liberation”
- behringer 8y agoNo need to wait 50 years if you wish to break the law. Right now you can steal all the content you like. Don't forget removing DRM in the US is illegal, and laws will undoubtedly only get more draconian.
- zchrykng 8y agoAnd some of us buy it and then decrypt it.
- baddox 8y agoJust as a side note, neither iTunes nor Amazon have DRM on purchased music. That battle was won my consumers. The battle for DRM-free video, however, is far from won. I’m not aware of any source for legal DRM-free video purchases (other than niches like stock video clips).
- eloisant 8y agoThe battle on DRM-free ebooks is ongoing, probably easier to win than video. I only buy DRM free books on Kindle.