The initial denial of and resistance to digital media by so many companies has resulted in rushed and poor DRM technology implementations. We've seen many examples already. Prices are going to go up as a result as well. If it worked and was "fair" then it would be hard to complain. From a business perspective I totally get the need to protect content and I'm not debating that. But the collateral damage we've been seeing from DRM efforts have users frustrated and customers should be wary of these efforts from companies like Macrovision. It's no more acceptable to me then if I were to buy a sweater at the GAP and when I got home I had to rip a hole in it to get the theft deterrent off of it. I bought the sweater so why do I have to rip a hole in it?
TiVo's "self-destruct button" destructs The Macrovision DRM in the new TiVo Series3 recorders is so broken that just having the wrong piece of equipment attached to your TV can cause it to register some shows as un-savable to your VCR, DVD recorder, etc. TiVo characterizes this as a glitch, but that's not the whole story.
Comments