Look at this example of DRM going loopy and making the end user jump through hoops to do a most reasonable thing. Of course the band (Dave Mathews Band) is asking the wrong thing in trying to get Apple to fix it. Certainly, that would help but DRM is really the issue and their own [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Soapbox’
DRM and it’s impact on technology
I came across an interesting post at DRM Blog which discussed DRM and technology mortality. The reason I found it interesting was not that it questioned the value of DRM as a technology (yes, it did that and I do find that interesting but that wasn’t why I’m writing about it right now) is that it [...]
It takes one to know one…
Well, I know this is a cheap shot. To be truthful, I don’t find Mark Cuban to be all that insane or really all that radical. He’s a bit outspoken and maybe a bit pushy but I know plenty of people like them and call them friends so obviously I don’t consider them too heavy [...]
Guns compared to Movies and Music
When I came across this on Boing Boing I was just blown away as it’s just so obvious. The best and most obvious part is: Shoot someone? Not Smith & Wesson’s fault. Copy a movie? Grokster’s fault
Opposing viewpoint on DRM
OK, we all know that I’m not a big advocate of DRM and certainly don’t like the direction that Microsoft is going with respect to DRM. But in all fairness, I figured I’d post this well thought out oppostion piece (opposition to my view!). Take a look atChris’s discussion of why Microsoft putting DRM in [...]
Microsoft is really ignoring the consumer
Well, when I worked at Microsoft the corporate culture was all about the consumer, the customer and what did they want, need or at least what did we think they will want or need. Check out Microsoft Monitor’s discussion of the Four Musketeers which is a take on Microsoft’s DRM strategy. I especially liked two [...]
Microsoft: …do something…anything
As a former Microsoft employee, I sometimes struggle with choices as I go forward concerning computers, technology and software. Fortunately, the pragmatic and frugal side of me tend to win out and I make the choice based on what works best for me and what will cost me least (cost/performance analysis kind of cost, not [...]
Education Discussion
I haven’t hit upon an education discussion in quite a while so when I ran into SlashDot’s post about What Can Improve Education I was intrieged and not by the post, by the comments of the post (that’s where the interesting stuff is). There is some good stuff in there. Posts are from lots of [...]
As a Catholic, this worries me…
I saw this information in a few places but Joe over at ATypicalJoe.Com covered it nicely. First, nothing has changed yet in the teaching of the Church at this point. This is simply a member of the Church publishing an essay which has not been endorsed by the Church. Until we see the new Pope [...]
Another example of patents out of control
At first, they did the right thing and rejected it. Then when pressure was applied, the Patent office folded and granted the patent. Check out this short post about Jeff Bezos patent on Gift Delivery.
More on Tom, Brooke, and Psychiatry
Well, this topic seems to keep moving on the net. It looks like Brooke had to respond to Tom. Her response was very well written and I personally think she took a really effective path to respond – a personal response. Another point I saw made in several places that is worth mentioning is that [...]
Digital Media Consumer Rights Act
Check out the post on the Digital Media Consumer Rights Act on DRM Blog as this one could really be a test for our elected officials. Obviously, we need to get involved and start telling our officials what we want so that the only thing they are hearing is not the lobbiest from the media [...]
Shakes your faith
Today, the Supreme Court ruled on a bunch of things. One of them involved whether a company could be held accountable for their technology if it could be used for illegal purposes. I have not read the brief but I am a little surprised that the few quotes that I have seen from the brief [...]
It’s not about catching criminals…
…,the music industry, the movie industry and all the industries using patent, trademark, and copyright laws in widely distorted ways are really not trying to catch criminals through the laws that are in place or the laws they want. They are trying to make everything to do with the “content” they own illegal so that [...]
Oh, my God!
That is almost all anyone should say. You really should just read this article about a Priest in a Roman Orthodox Church did. I thought only the fundamentalist were wacked! We are in a world of hurt when every one thinks they “KNOW” the will of God. We can’t even “KNOW” what another person’s will [...]