Comments on: Controlling piracy the consumer-friendly and artist-friendly way http://reelword.com/2007/12/28/controlling-piracy-the-consumer-friendly-and-artist-friendly-way/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:57:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A. Drag http://reelword.com/2007/12/28/controlling-piracy-the-consumer-friendly-and-artist-friendly-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5 A. Drag Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:27:18 +0000 http://reelword.com/2007/12/28/controlling-piracy-the-consumer-friendly-and-artist-friendly-way/#comment-5 Interesting post. Recent news might lead one to believe that producers and distributors are moving away from some anti-piracy controls. To that point, Universal released Knocked Up on DVD sans DRM, supposedly to allow consumers to rip the film to computers and mobile devices. Also, Business Week reported yesterday that Sony BMG plans to sell downloadable music sans DRM sometime in Q1 of '08: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008013_398775.htm Do you think content producers and distributors are throwing in the towel as far as some of the more restrictive anti-piracy measures are concerned? If so, how does that affect the value proposition you outline in your post? Interesting post. Recent news might lead one to believe that producers and distributors are moving away from some anti-piracy controls.

To that point, Universal released Knocked Up on DVD sans DRM, supposedly to allow consumers to rip the film to computers and mobile devices. Also, Business Week reported yesterday that Sony BMG plans to sell downloadable music sans DRM sometime in Q1 of ‘08:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008013_398775.htm

Do you think content producers and distributors are throwing in the towel as far as some of the more restrictive anti-piracy measures are concerned? If so, how does that affect the value proposition you outline in your post?

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