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> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher Woods > Sent: 28 February 2007 11:33 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: RE: [backstage] Percentage of License fee going towards DRM? > > Well then, I perceive this as there being a difference > between the way you and she consume your music. Certainly, > it's not how I want to consume my music - I want it to be > more than muzak, I want my music to be memorable, to > associate it with good times, to have a long-lasting > impression on me. DRMed content doesn't really lend itself to > 'anytime, anywhere, anyhow' playback now on any device I can > get my hands on, does it? Uh? Wow, pretty judgemental of someone who wants to listen to radio shows at a time convenient to them. I hang around with a lot of music nerds, and I'm quite partial to it myself (but don't need special rooms for my records or forgo buying a clothes horse so I can spend more money on music) and I can quite imagine them wanting to be able to listen to a particular radio show, particularly one that plays the "cool new tunes". They would only want to listen to it once, because then they would go out and buy the stuff they thought was any cop on CD or record. Because the music they care about is mostly made by independent artists who they want to support by buying their releases. I can't for the life of me see why listening to an online copy of a radio show and not wanting to ever listen to it again would make you someone for whom music is just "muzak". Does that apply to listening to music on the radio? Is it wrong to want to listen to something only once? > Thinking to the future, say you'd purchased music online from > HMV or through an OD2 wholesaler. What happens if they go out > of business, taking their DRM license server offline with > them? People are reet scuppered then. That's one of my > primary concerns for DRM - that lynchpin in the whole chain, > the central server, and it's one of the reasons why I dislike > the whole system. Yeah OK, I'm totally with you there but listening to a timeshifted radio show is not anything like buying music. It's an opportunity to listen to it and see if you like it. There is no reason why you should have access to it forever. The DRM thing is a whole big disaster happening all around us (IMO) but I think slagging people off for wanting to listen to time-shifted music shows is unnecessary and self-defeating. If there's a demand for that kind of service, is there a way you could implement it that doesn't compromise the public at the expense of the people with the temporary monopoly rights? - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
