<<The vast majority of users are quite happy to use the content as it's provided, and have no problems doing that.>>
(I ask this politely) On what basis do you say that? I don't know anyone who is happy with DRM. My 70 year-old neighbour refuses to buy DRM material just on the principle that rights shouldn't be managed because the implication of all DRM is that the buyer would be - but for the DRM - a thief ... which is a preposterous way to approach your client base. Any DRM can be undone, so it is just waste of time and effort and money. I think it does alienate a large section of the public. D -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Lockwood Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] www.FreeTheBBC.info One point that gets made repeatedly in these arguments is something along the lines of "users are demanding DRM-free content" - implying that the whole world is gagging for copyable Doctor Who episodes and back editions of Top Gear. This just isn't the case. The vast majority of users are quite happy to use the content as it's provided, and have no problems doing that. It's a *tiny* minority of people who are "demanding DRM-free content", and of those, most of them don't have a practical reason for wanting that content without DRM, they just need to feel that they're arguing the moral high ground in any given situation. They're not intent on becoming the next Brian Eno or Chemical Brothers, they just feel the need to argue the position because they've read about it on Slashdot. Come on - how many of you have ever heard your mum exclaiming "Oh, why does my content have to come with DRM???" Cheers, Rich. - 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/[email protected]/ - 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/[email protected]/
