Best Buy / Futureshop Canada's open letter published in the Vancouver Sun Monday, January 7, 2008 shows a remarkably sane viewpoint on the copyright / drm issues.
but I thought big business had the same requirement of politics, no connection to reality.
Well, Best Buy and Future Shop ae a start, maybe they will start to influence the US market, since the RIAA and MPAA are actively destroying the US market. :)
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And I have just one comment on Mr Wilsons fine article. At one point he says that DRM is aimed at protecting the IP of various artits etc. I guess that is true on a surface level, as no DRM scheme has been shown to be effective yet. I see DRM to be about producing an increased revenue stream while a new buisness model is developed. The beauty is that the cost associated with DRM for end users and device manufacturers will be a revenue in addition to the new digital sales system. And in addition to this, the current DRM can be used to steer a consumer into the new model (iTunes <cough>. DRM (or Digital Rights ENHANEMNT) + Madison Ave = hook, line, and sinker on the consumer. Ack... I am rambeling again, and soon I will have to pull out my new tin foil hat as I get all conspiracy theory on my own a$$.
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Copyright quagmire
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=9c6f4cb0-971e-42c8-8ce9-85777430f7e3&p=1
is the letter.
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