Dvorak on DRM
I especially like the end:
These industries already make too much money and obviously have too much corruptive influence. Besides that, the products that come from them generally stink. So why give them any more of an edge with logic and good advice? Generally speaking, there is nothing all that important about any particular movie released in any given year. Yeah, this or that product might be fun once in a while, but there are other ways of being entertained. How about having dinner with friends and talking? Or how about going for a walk?
Can't we find alternative ways to be entertained? Do you really need to listen to music all day long? Try classical music. You'll find genuine and sincere musicians who are not there to crank out pop junk. Move to indie bands if you need a dose of rock. Stop going to the movies and go see some plays—even a high-school play. These kids need your money more than anyone in Hollywood. Do you really need to watch a movie? Find an art theater and watch something thoughtful, if you must.
Above all, let's stop complaining about the P2P situation with our mouths, and start complaining with our pocketbooks.
I couldn't agree more.


What a surprise! I didn't expect to see Dvorak so openly talk against the big industry without all the sleezy kissas* stuff, but there he is.
For those who still crawl before this journalist (and can bet there are such people) this should be a wake up call for them to realize just what has the big music and movies industry become and just how badly does DRM suck.
Or.. maybe there is really no persuasion needed at all. Maybe the almost unanimous agreement in the tech realm already spills outside to the "ordinary folk" about the badness of DRM. Who is left to convince? Only the powerful ones, the industry itself and those who seem to be attached to them (governments like the US one included).
So, people are against it. Your posterboy journalist is against it! I am against and I sure bet you who read this are against it. So, government and the big labels, are you gonna wage war against *us*?!
Just you try! :-P
WHOA! Dvorak saying something right! That was a real suprise.
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a_thing wrote:
WHOA! Dvorak saying something right! That was a real suprise.
Maybe it's a very subtle type of FUD.
*wears tinfoil hat*