That's not exactly the issue. Its more like, I buy a CD but it only plays in some CD players I own and not others. I can copy my ITunes library onto every computer I own (and I do - if only for backup purposes). But only 5 of the 8 will play the DRM'd songs because that's all the licenses I can get. This is a pain and so, whenever Fairplay gets cracked, I go to the trouble of stripping the DRM off all of the music. I've done this twice now, but I keep buying music just the same so I end up acquiring more DRM'd content anyhow. But I will crack it every chance I get. I don't give it away, I have well over 10,000 songs and I've paid for every last one that I didn't either write or get from an artist friend (of their own material).newrigel wrote:If you want to play the stuff in 8 computers then you either play it on one @ a time or you rip it (COPY) to each HD on your boxes... So what's wrong with giving you the ability to play it on 5 and not 8? When you buy a CD does it come with 8 copies?
Anyhow, DRM is not the answer. I tolerate it because I can get around it. But I wouldn't muck with such content at all if I couldn't.
You know, as a kid, I used to record songs off the radio onto a portable tape player - using the little microphone on the mono tape recorder. IOW, I just put the thing in front of the stereo speakers and pushed "record". When I got means, I switched to buying.
There's no meaningful radio anymore. People are using torrent sites like Oink to find things they like instead. This is the thing with the internet. People will route around perceived outages. Want a song that's out of print? Someone will find a way to make that song available. Having trouble finding music you like? Directories like Oink and Newsbin arise to replace radio (which, after juke boxes, was the original music sharing platform and served as the promotional arm of the music business).
There is a vacuum for sure. The people who figure out how to fill it will most likely get rich and have our undying gratitude.
