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I wonder what's fundamentally different about music and movies that led to DRM-free albums but didn't lead there for online movie distribution. I still have a c
by dangrossman 13y ago
I wonder what's fundamentally different about music and movies that led to DRM-free albums but didn't lead there for online movie distribution. I still have a couple dozen songs on a backup drive somewhere that I outright purchased in the early 2000s that can no longer be played as the "Buy.com Music" servers no longer exist to authenticate their PlaysForSure DRM.
- jfoster 13y agoIt could be that there was so many different ways to listen to music: PC, iPod, non-iPod MP3 player, car stereo, burnt to CD. The DRM on music felt crippling. There is not as many ways that people watch movies, though. Still, if this type of revocation becomes a lot more common (the movie studios wouldn't do this for just one movie ever) then the same might eventually happen with movies. Once people feel crippled enough by the DRM, there will be push-back.
- x0x0 13y agoa guess: studios realized leaving drm on for music meant perpetual apple lock-in for consumers. Eg my so has several thousand songs that before drm removal could only be listened to on an ipod.