Re: Apple Computer changes its name

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <uce-945813.07365712012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
Gregory Weston  <uce@splook.com> wrote:

> In article <eo7b0c$2nfb$1@merope.saaf.se>,
>  pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> 
>> In article <1168554155.599100.136810@77g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>,
>>  <bieling@terra.es> wrote:
>> 
>>> Michael J. Mahon ha escrito:
>>>
>>>> More likely if you were a record company executive.
>>> 
>>> Not really. My neightbour is a singer.  He used to live quite well of
>>> this alone. Then came napster, and incomes dropped. Ask him. Now he
>>> works in a TV show (Los Morancos), as an actor.
>>> 
>>> Sure, he probably may have wanted a better agreement with the record
>>> company, but it's much better something than nothing at all. Nothing at
>>> all is what he gets when you freely copy and give away his songs. And,
>>> that's another (polemic) story.
>>> 
>>> The fact is that Apple wants to sell music, so they *have to* do
>>> something against piracy in order to convince the record companys to
>>> sell via iTunes. And, BTW, it's quite easy to workaround itunes'
>>> "antipiracy measures".
>>> 
>>> Anyway, I just wanted to note the reason why this particular thing is
>>> this particular way.
>> 
>> It's one example of "security theatre": it's a hassle for the honest
>> user, but it doesn't prevent the determined criminal to steal the
>> music.
> 
> I have yet to meet an honest user for whom Apple's DRM was a hassle. 
> You're right that it doesn't stop the determined criminal. It's not 
> meant to. What it's meant to do is discourage the casual violation of IP 
> rights that normal people engage in with great frequency not because 
> they have an active desire to but simply because they can. It's a 
> padlock on a cardboard box.

Good protection will stop the criminal AND not be a hassle to the
honest user.  This "protection" does it the other way around.  And it
gets extra ridiculous when the Itunes software, supplied by Apple
thank you, can unprotect the protected files by transcoding them to
mp3's ......

 
>>> Although I see your point, and I agree that some "adjustments" may be
>>> needed in this market's model, I can't stand by the side of the ones
>>> that find it fair to enjoy all the music they like for 0$ a year.
>>> Sorry, that's, more like, stealing.
>> 
>> So e.g. listening to the radio only is stealing?  After all, you pay
>> $0 to listen to the radio.....
> 
> Radio has commercials or other sponsorship.

The national radio in Sweden is commercial free, and is being paid for
by those who watch TV.... so by listeining to the radio without paying
for it, I steal from those who watch TV.....  :-)

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