http://tim.tjee.org/2006/01/02/digital-lack-of-rights-management/ Stuff I find interesting... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://tim.tjee.org/2006/01/02/digital-lack-of-rights-management/#comment-7 Eponym Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:51:39 +0000 http://tim.tjee.org/2006/01/02/digital-lack-of-rights-management/#comment-7 The irony is the sheer myopia with which the CD manufacturers produced this safety fearure. In response to lost revenues due to file-sharing and the popularity of iTunes, allowing the purchase of songs one at a time, they essentially disable it from compatability with the most popular CD players there are: iPods and PCs. Essentially they want to fight falling profits by reducing the apeal of their product. I suppose this makes more sense to corporate types, but it doesn't to me. The irony is the sheer myopia with which the CD manufacturers produced this safety fearure. In response to lost revenues due to file-sharing and the popularity of iTunes, allowing the purchase of songs one at a time, they essentially disable it from compatability with the most popular CD players there are: iPods and PCs. Essentially they want to fight falling profits by reducing the apeal of their product. I suppose this makes more sense to corporate types, but it doesn’t to me.

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