Comments on: The DRM Genie Just Won’t Go Back into the Bottle http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Larry http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8606 Larry Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:56:56 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8606 <p>Liberterian: You have identified a principle that not many can see. Make station wagons too expexpensive for the soccer moms, the soccer moms will buy "SUV" and "light trucks" and "minivans".</p> <p>Install a punitive tax, people with money to protect will find ways to protect it.</p> <p>Mandate network censorship, people will install, discover, and use "proxies".</p> <p>Install stuff that keeps people from using the equipment they bought for the purpose for which they bought it, they will figure out "work arounds".</p> <p> </p> Liberterian: You have identified a principle that not many can see. Make station wagons too expexpensive for the soccer moms, the soccer moms will buy “SUV” and “light trucks” and “minivans”.

Install a punitive tax, people with money to protect will find ways to protect it.

Mandate network censorship, people will install, discover, and use “proxies”.

Install stuff that keeps people from using the equipment they bought for the purpose for which they bought it, they will figure out “work arounds”.

]]> By: Larry http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8605 Larry Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:01:56 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8605 <p>Reformed Republican and others--That used to me my mode forgive and forget....but what has been happening more and more often is that poisoned stuff gets resold, they get better hiding the fact that it is poisoned, and on top of that I have gotten old with all that implies.</p> <p>Less paper work for me: You piss in the well, I cross you off my list. Then I don't have to remember.</p> <p>(Same reason I have a life-long policy of not lying--I don't have to remember who I told what.)</p> <p>Yes my policy is harsh and unChristian. But so is cheating me, and that is what WD seems to be doing.<br /> </p> Reformed Republican and others–That used to me my mode forgive and forget….but what has been happening more and more often is that poisoned stuff gets resold, they get better hiding the fact that it is poisoned, and on top of that I have gotten old with all that implies.

Less paper work for me: You piss in the well, I cross you off my list. Then I don’t have to remember.

(Same reason I have a life-long policy of not lying–I don’t have to remember who I told what.)

Yes my policy is harsh and unChristian. But so is cheating me, and that is what WD seems to be doing.

]]> By: tim http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8604 tim Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:05:40 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8604 <p>I have no direct experience with this but how long will it take for someone to build a file name extention converter. It's not possible to actually read these files before sending them. You could rename them to ".fu2" and the software nazis should let them by. You could do the rename almost transparently with the right code.</p> <p>Wouldn't this create a big opportunity for those companies that won't play ball with the media companies?</p> I have no direct experience with this but how long will it take for someone to build a file name extention converter. It’s not possible to actually read these files before sending them. You could rename them to “.fu2″ and the software nazis should let them by. You could do the rename almost transparently with the right code.

Wouldn’t this create a big opportunity for those companies that won’t play ball with the media companies?

]]> By: Libertarian http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8603 Libertarian Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:15:17 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8603 <p>Larry - you should say that if they change their policy you WILL by WD again - that's the way to influence their decision-making</p> Larry – you should say that if they change their policy you WILL by WD again – that’s the way to influence their decision-making

]]> By: Reformed Republican http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8602 Reformed Republican Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:45:53 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8602 <p>Considering they provide information for working around their software to use a non-DRM interface, I really think they are just trying to cover their own asses. Blame the lawyers.</p> Considering they provide information for working around their software to use a non-DRM interface, I really think they are just trying to cover their own asses. Blame the lawyers.

]]> By: Larry http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8601 Larry Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:30:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8601 <p>Isn't that special.</p> <p>And WD used to be a premier name in discs.</p> <p>How sad.</p> <p>Thanks for the warning--I'll be very careful not to buy WD ever again--even if they NBC on this issue.</p> Isn’t that special.

And WD used to be a premier name in discs.

How sad.

Thanks for the warning–I’ll be very careful not to buy WD ever again–even if they NBC on this issue.

]]> By: Jens Fiederer http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8600 Jens Fiederer Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:29:37 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8600 <p>The way I read it, the drive ITSELF is not crippled in any way.<br /> Some remote file sharing software that ships with it (and that you might have to pay extra for) IS.</p> The way I read it, the drive ITSELF is not crippled in any way.
Some remote file sharing software that ships with it (and that you might have to pay extra for) IS.

]]> By: Reformed Republican http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8599 Reformed Republican Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:26:17 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8599 <p>It looks like the software allows remote access. WD is probably afraid they will be sued by the music and movie industries if their software makes file sharing too simple.</p> It looks like the software allows remote access. WD is probably afraid they will be sued by the music and movie industries if their software makes file sharing too simple.

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8598 Rob Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:58:19 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8598 <p>Oops, lemme rephrase that: the Corry Doctorow link goes to WD's info page.<br /> Sorry</p> Oops, lemme rephrase that: the Corry Doctorow link goes to WD’s info page.
Sorry

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html/comment-page-1#comment-8597 Rob Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:55:17 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/12/the-drm-genie-j.html#comment-8597 <p>Warren, Both links go to WD's info page.</p> Warren, Both links go to WD’s info page.

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