Comments on: Tide Turning Against Copy Protection? http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2005/10/08/tide-turning-against-copy-protection/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Ian Wood http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2005/10/08/tide-turning-against-copy-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Ian Wood Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:07:37 +0000 http://p6.hostingprod.com/@mobhappy.com/blog1/?p=167#comment-240 Carlo, I have to say that following the upgrade of my handset DRM has become an issue to me. Why do I have to "lose" all the content that I have already paid for? Having agreed to extend my contract how come Orange have decided to "reward" me by asking that I repay for all the content I still wish to use on my old handset. Now I can understand that content providers need some protection from P-2-P; but can they develop a system that allows me to store the content on the network and access it from there as a back-up? Just had an idea, perhaps I can claim that the content is lost, and then make a claim on the insurance policy for it to be replaced. Somehow I feel that customer service just will not see the logic. Carlo,

I have to say that following the upgrade of my handset DRM has become an issue to me. Why do I have to “lose” all the content that I have already paid for?

Having agreed to extend my contract how come Orange have decided to “reward” me by asking that I repay for all the content I still wish to use on my old handset. Now I can understand that content providers need some protection from P-2-P; but can they develop a system that allows me to store the content on the network and access it from there as a back-up?

Just had an idea, perhaps I can claim that the content is lost, and then make a claim on the insurance policy for it to be replaced. Somehow I feel that customer service just will not see the logic.

]]> By: Scott Rafer http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2005/10/08/tide-turning-against-copy-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Scott Rafer Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:07:36 +0000 http://p6.hostingprod.com/@mobhappy.com/blog1/?p=167#comment-239 There's another, less religious way to look at all this. I've been nagged by DRM fans at big media companies and startups since 1995 when I worked at Kodak Hollywood. My position on it is purely commercial -- DRM never makes money so why consider it? iTMS isn't even an exception. The ratio of iTunes on iPods to MP3s on iPods is far less than 1 to 100. There’s another, less religious way to look at all this. I’ve been nagged by DRM fans at big media companies and startups since 1995 when I worked at Kodak Hollywood. My position on it is purely commercial — DRM never makes money so why consider it? iTMS isn’t even an exception. The ratio of iTunes on iPods to MP3s on iPods is far less than 1 to 100.

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