You're still missing the point entirely, Karsten. If Amazon, Sony, Microsoft, Netflix, or anyone else tries to stop me from watching a political hot potato under the guise of 'DRM' (which isn't that far fetched, you need only look at the recent events surrounding WikiLeaks), I can do quite a bit to try and undermine their attempts to control what I watch.
On a closed device the bar is far, far, *far* higher and usually involves cracking the case, a soldering iron, a custom built chip, and significant cost. Is apple 'at fault' for introducing DRM? No, of course not. They wouldn't be at fault either if they tried to sue you when you try to hack through it. It's the fault of the US for passing ridiculous laws that allow them to sue you in the first place. However, it *IS* the 'fault' of the iPad that its closed, and it *IS* the 'fault' of the iPad that if the content providers are at their censoring games again, you can no longer do anything about it. It *IS* the fault of apple for not having the stones and the foresight to do the tech world, and with it, their own long-term future, a favour by working on some sort of 'open up my device now please' switch. On Apr 1, 4:54 pm, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 15, 5:53 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > [Content owners are forcing the DRM on apple] > > > Okay. I'll just hack around it. Oh, oops. Can't. Taking for granted > > that DRM is part of the price of admission for apple is fine, but > > combine this with the closed nature of the device and it actually > > matters this time. > > I think that every content distributor (Amazon, Sony, Microsoft, > Netflix etc.) will sue you when you break/hack their DRM, not just > Apple. Even if a particular distributor thinks DRM is bollocks and > only uses DRM to please the content owners, they'd still have to > actively protect their DRM because otherwise they stop getting content. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
