I heard some very exciting news just a moment ago; Sony BMG drops DRM!
The fight that I was involved in as well through Olen Rikollinen? -campaign was not carried out in vain. All the largest record labels have finally dropped DRM (or have publicly announced to do so).
This just made my day.
The EU seems to be think differently, though. :-/ http://www.defectivebydesign.org/Do_Not_Sanction_DRM
Posted by Karl Jonsson on January 5th, 2008.
Well, I hope the EU gets to drop this before it goes through.
Posted by Antti on January 5th, 2008.
I think this is going to get very interesting. The labels have been very active at lobbying legislators on copyright law etc. They have now given up on drm, which I think is an unofficial admission that people are allowed to share music.
So it would be quite absurd if they still kept on lobbying for copyright legislation that prohibits any kind of sharing or even ripping your own cds (like RIAA).
Now, the interesting part: What if the EU or single countries keep pushing for drm? Are the labels going to start lobbying AGAINST drm?
Posted by Hannu Ripatti on January 5th, 2008.
ARRGH! How stupid can you get? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/07/sony-bmg-confirms-drm-free-music-but-will-force-customers-to-visit-a-record-store-to-buy-it/
Posted by Hannu Ripatti on January 7th, 2008.
Apparently quite. Somehow this doesn’t surprise me, though.
Posted by Antti on January 7th, 2008.