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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/biometric_drm/
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They're at it again, some company have given RIAA another way of leveraging us all, well, particularly folks in the US:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/biometric_drm/
Now I know the subject - so no dodgy links or posts!
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I had to check to make sure this wasn't April 1st.
There are NO circumstances under which I will provide my fingerprints to a commercial organisation for a use like this, and NO circumstances under which I would buy a player that required this.
I'll give up buying music first.
Every time the subject of piracy has been raised on this forum or others I've defended the right of the industry to protect their rights but this is just a step too far. If they actually go ahead with any form of compulsion over this (which may not be what they are suggesting) then they deserve it if piracy sky-rockets.
If, on the other hand, they are proposing a commercial download service with files which will only play for the person that downloaded them on approved players, then that is entirely their right but their is no way I will ever use such a service.
And so the demand for non-DRM illegally ripped media files increases . . .
remember, it's ok! there's no conflict of interest that one of the main european parliament policy setters on the topic of music piracy etc also runs a record label
you can absolutely forget that! there's not a chance in hell i'd give my fingerprints to anyone other than an arresting officer, and even then i would only be doing so because i was compelled to. I am amongst that part of the population who views any mass collection of personal information as a further step down the road towards big brother (and i'm not taking the channel 4 show here)
i like music & enjoy listening to it, i also don't mind paying for this privelige, even though i feel the cost of CDs is a little exorbitant at times, but i don't like music THAT much, to the extent that i will allow my civil liberties to be eroded just so i can listen to a few tunes
iirc, Sony are one of the main proponents of anti-piracy measures too, how strangely coincidental then, that they also do a nice line in CDRW and DVDRW hardware
penny AND bun anyone?
if it ain't broke...fix it till it is
Unfortunately I can't live without music - so any legislation, DRM etc means an awful lot to me.Originally Posted by petrefax
Also, I'd not be suprised to see Sony develop firmware level DRM for CDRW's - not just Sony branded drives are Sony's, so they could really do some damage.
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The only music on my PC comes from my own CD & Vinyl collection, which I dont share online. Still, this is a step TOO far imo. They can't seriously impliment such draconian measures surely. Scaremongering perhaps?
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now that would cause a whole world of fun & games
if it ain't broke...fix it till it is
This to me shows how desprate they are. I bet alot of people in the RIAA do alot of downloading them selves or they know friends or family that do, they only get away with it because they have their own "im a an RIAA member" card probably
No matter what they'll try people are still going to download illegaly, and because of this companies put their prices up so more people go to downloading. If they lowered prices substantialy they would probably get their sales back in time but that probably wont happen because many of these people are driven by lots of money.
P.S no way in hell would i give a finger print just to play music, id code my own player before that
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Why do they keep coming up with **** like this? Does this mean that each individual track would have to be coded for a unique user on a unique device? if so thats utter rubbish! And as dorza said, there will jsut be people that code their own players and share them along with the music anyway!
And there is NO WAY in h*** i would EVER give my fingerprints to a commercial company, I would personaly take it at a breach of personal privicay, not sure about any1 else.
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