jaredmoses1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

DRM sucks.

peanutbuterjely (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

While I don't know anything about DRM on music, the DRM on recent games is complete bullshit. Limited installs, LOSING an install every time you change hardware. It becomes a paperweight. Installing shit into the registry that hides under your nose. My copy of FEAR won't play because "I have more than one disc drive." Anyone who believes that is fair is a fucking moron.

tincho81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't know what to think about the DRM, but the video was really good!

csven (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ummm, "doesn't not" should be "does not". Been staring at code too much the past week. While I'm still here, I have to say I recently learned that Die Warzau -a band whose music I've long enjoyed- may be having financial difficulties; perhaps a result of having been a bit too enthusiastic about the uses of the internet to distribute their music. Their long-anticipated release appears to have morphed into a pseudo-greatest hits compilation ... to bring in some money. A shame.

csven (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"Do you think they need company middleman now when they have Internet?!?" The intarWebz doesn't not solve all business problems. As a content creator, I'm keenly aware of the problems. "Music is not sugar.. you don't need to pay anything to produce music." And sugar grows in the fields, is tended by cheap labor in 3rd world countries, and price controlled. I know. But while *replicating* music may not require resources, creating uses a singular common resource: TIME. Money is just a subset.

GlobalRevolt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i am sorry CSVEN but this isn't about the companies, its about the artists and their fans. Do you think they need company middleman now when they have Internet?!? Also, Music is not sugar.. you don't need to pay anything to produce music..just take 2 sticks and start slamming the ground to produce music, and eventually you might have few people that enjoy what you do and offer to pay money for those strange noises coming from you...

AnimoNous (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

...and ultimately, the artist.

cyborgtroy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

heh. DRM is going to kill the legitimate user market.

csven (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You completely miss the point. What if people made decisions based on what they truly Need instead of what they Want? People don't need mp3's, videogames, and movies, yet they don't think twice about acquiring them against a creator's wishes. It's not about whether it's "stealing" something which is intangible. It's about the value we place on the immaterial; and on Time. No one can touch a Financial Derivative, yet it's having tangible affects. No one can touch Honor, yet people die for it.

avmf8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That can end up meaning you never own anything. Sure a roof over you're head is not necessary you can live in a cave with a fire but would you want to do that?