  dr3yec
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| reply to major marco Re: A Sellout is a Sellout is a Sellout
You sir hit the nail on the head. It will be the down fall of bitorrent. I see it already. Do you smell another napster? What a shame. When will they realize people are not going for drm. I wont ever touch a thing with drm. If everything eventually goes to drm. I guess my media days will be over. |
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  howdydoody
@optonline.net | people are not going for drm? you'd better let Apple know that no one's buying songs off of iTunes.
err...wait.. |
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 hottboiinnc ME
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| reply to dr3yec There is a program that you can download and remove the DRM from many files especially music download services. Even works for video 
all you do is download what you want open it inside this program and it re-records it into another file and strips the DRM off it. Plays like it normally would no loss in sound or video and can be burned or uploaded to any portable device. |
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  peter_m Premium join:2005-07-13 Canada, QC
3 edits | reply to howdydoody Good point. If it's convenient, they will pay for it. iTunes is the killer app that makes the iPod even better then it is. iTunes is convenient, easy to use and it does pod-casts or net-casts if you prefer.
For a BitTorrent Video site, I think if it's the only FAST service that can download at an acceptable rate, then it has a better chance then others. It also needs to be user friendly and it need to be HIGH DEFINITION. Not only could it beat other on-line video sites, but it could even hurt/beat HD-DVD or BlueRay....
As for the DRM, well it's obviously a noble cause to protect the author's interests but it also shouldn't stand in the way of the paying customer to actually use the media. When I say paying customer, I mean payed once! If the DRM doesn't restrict me to play it on my TV, PC, portable media player or mobile phone... the DRM is no longer a problem and just fades into the back-ground! |
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  Maxo Your tax dollars at work. Premium,VIP join:2002-11-04 Tallahassee, FL clubs:
| reply to howdydoody said by howdydoody :
people are not going for drm? you'd better let Apple know that no one's buying songs off of iTunes.
err...wait.. I agree. I don't like DRM, but go out on the street and ask people what they think of DRM. Their response will be in unison "What's DRM?" |
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