25 Responses for "AOTS: DRM"

1. david atkins February 8th, 2007 at 9:09 pm 1

   Of course the best way to buy music, though not the most convenient considering today’s tech, is via a CD. You’ve bought your music w/ 6 times the quality of a 128 bit mp3, DRM free, on a physical media, with all the extra goodies, like art and liner notes. Nothing online can compete with it, especially if you find a used copy in good condition.
   It’s been reported that Napster actually brought the music industry out of a slump, people got excited about music again. I say let people share lower quality songs, it’s free advertisement. And let people do what they want with what they’ve payed for. It’ll be interesting to see what Apple does now that they’ve made nice with Apple Corps. Perhaps allow indie artists to sell their music DRM free? Will Apple become its own music label? Will iPods come preloaded?

   You were excellent in the interview, btw.

2. Jon February 8th, 2007 at 9:12 pm 2

   Very well done, Veronica. You were clear in your points and really said what everybody has been saying for years about DRM.

3. Jonathan C February 8th, 2007 at 9:16 pm 3

   bravo senorita belmont! keep up the good work on the interviews! you were teh smashing

4. Mike February 8th, 2007 at 10:26 pm 4

   I agree that DRM shouldn’t exist on paid-for tracks (i.e. the a la carte model). For the subscription model however DRM seems the only way to go; if DRM were abolished across the board the Napster-to-Go type services would arguably disappear.

   For myself I use a subscription service to sample lots of new (and old) music, and I also buy those tracks I want to keep in my collection. In other words I think there’s room for both.

5. Lan Bui February 8th, 2007 at 11:05 pm 5

   Wow, you got pretty heated. Good job.

6. Jason W. February 9th, 2007 at 7:20 am 6

   Hey, V… a little off-topic, but a Castlevania game preview showed up under your channel on CNetTV! It’s just so cool that your last name is Belmont!

7. eric f. February 9th, 2007 at 7:22 am 7

   Sure, the only way to moderate the subscription model is to use DRM, but I’m not sure why subscriptions are even included in the argument. You don’t own your music with the Sub. model. You are renting it. It was a little silly for Michael to even be arguing the topic, since his livelihood relies on DRM and he can’t look at it objectively. And no personal offense meant, but I think he should find a different spokesperson for the company. He doesn’t come off very as sincere or likable.

8. marvin24k February 9th, 2007 at 9:44 am 8

   job well done V. I watched it last night and it was a very good interview! Keep up the good work & hope to see more often on TV.
   marvin24k

9. David P February 9th, 2007 at 10:26 am 9

   Was it just me or did Mike B. sound like he came prepped to shill his service – complete with elevator pitch – but not so much about the topic.

   paraphrasing…
   “We need DRM or businesses like mine won’t work” doesn’t seem like the strongest argument for DRM that he could have thrown down.

10. Davor February 9th, 2007 at 12:23 pm 10

    You were pretty good on the show Veronica

11. kkc February 9th, 2007 at 11:14 pm 11

    What I find interesting is Steve Jobs coming out to denounce DRM. If you think about it, DRM locks ipod owners to the iTunes music store and also makes it hard for ipod owners to replace the ipod with a non Apple player. A gold star for Steve.

12. Thaed February 10th, 2007 at 8:17 am 12

    I’ve been TiVoing AOTS every night since the CES coverage. If they keep having you and Molly on, it’s bound to continue to pick up steam. Great job as usual.

13. John B. February 10th, 2007 at 10:52 am 13

    Did he really say that CDs (as in physical media) are going to go the way of vinyl eventually, and disappear altogether to give way to downloading being the only channel for music purchases? Is he serious? If he’s basing his future business model on that hope, he’s screwed.

    I personally think you were right – interoperability might as well mean no DRM at all. And no DRM at all is what we want as consumers.

14. J.Hockenberry February 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm 14

    I was at home for a few days and was bitching with my father about him watching shitty indie films so i changed it to G4 and you were on. It was slightly trippy because that has happened 3 or 4 times with old friends on G4. My other friend does all their B-roll shots, and I almost choked on my food when I saw her on tv for the first time. Oh and well spoken, that other chap got owned.

15. Manny M February 10th, 2007 at 5:26 pm 15

    I liked your argument, However I do not think that we can just eliminate DRM as a whole, although I am anti-DRM. It will be interesting to see future developments. You seem to have a pretty strong stance on this subject just judging by your heated argument. But businesses are in to make alot of money, not to make anything seamless for us. Thats why i download my songs off limewire, however I buy all my favorite local indie band’s CDs =D

    Also congrats on that MacBook Pro, i love mine

16. Patrick February 11th, 2007 at 9:36 am 16

    Fight the DRM power Veronica. Your a role model to all of us )

17. NeuroMan42 February 11th, 2007 at 12:08 pm 17

    That guy sounds like a DRM Fanboi.

18. Rick Rey February 12th, 2007 at 4:41 am 18

    Hey V you totally bitch slapped DRM… ouch!

19. Ian Grant February 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pm 19

    turned down TWIT eh? haha, they joked about it in todays podcast

20. Veronica February 12th, 2007 at 7:51 pm 20

    I was still WORKING!

21. Justin February 16th, 2007 at 11:58 am 21

    oh man, you totally told that guy haha

    that was awesome

22. Mike February 19th, 2007 at 5:20 pm 22

    You totally pwned the other guy in that video… keep it up!

23. Pete February 23rd, 2007 at 10:27 am 23

    Go Veronica!! You tell him!

24. dillweed February 23rd, 2007 at 11:07 am 24

    stick it to em.

    that guy has an irritating whine to his voice. ; )

    this fight will never end, but we’re all finding ways around it comfortably. maybe that makes us complacent and less interested in speaking up…… but thank you miss v.

25. amanda February 25th, 2007 at 10:08 am 25

    Haha I loved the looks you were giving that guy. I cant believe for his whole closing statement he said the same thing he already had said twice about DRM. Its crazy.