Comments on: Vendors (and Artists): Beware of DRM http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/02/23/vendors-and-artists-beware-of-drm/ because technology is just another ecosystem Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/02/23/vendors-and-artists-beware-of-drm/#comment-466 sogrady Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:27:25 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=332#comment-466 seems fair, Jacob. i completely understand the sentiment, and had i bought the physical album and found i couldn't transfer it i probably would have reacted similarly. unfortunately, the record industry seems one unable to think creatively, and to treat their customers as adults. seems fair, Jacob. i completely understand the sentiment, and had i bought the physical album and found i couldn’t transfer it i probably would have reacted similarly. unfortunately, the record industry seems one unable to think creatively, and to treat their customers as adults.

]]> By: Jake http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/02/23/vendors-and-artists-beware-of-drm/#comment-465 Jake Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:02:07 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=332#comment-465 Jacob Wolman here. I hoped that my distinction was clear--I don't blame KOL for my frustration, and I do regret tagging them with a 1 out of 5 star review, because I highly doubt they had any choice about the DRM on their album. My point in giving that review was that the DRM is so constraining that the CD itself was fundamentally worthless to me, and I wanted to make sure that people considering buying it knew what they would be getting. This is one of the more egregious examples of an industry treating its customers like garbage and expecting them to take it sitting down, and I really really hope that that isn't what ends up happening, since I see it as a lose-lose in which everyone ends up worse off. Jacob Wolman here.

I hoped that my distinction was clear–I don’t blame KOL for my frustration, and I do regret tagging them with a 1 out of 5 star review, because I highly doubt they had any choice about the DRM on their album. My point in giving that review was that the DRM is so constraining that the CD itself was fundamentally worthless to me, and I wanted to make sure that people considering buying it knew what they would be getting.

This is one of the more egregious examples of an industry treating its customers like garbage and expecting them to take it sitting down, and I really really hope that that isn’t what ends up happening, since I see it as a lose-lose in which everyone ends up worse off.

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