Comments on: AOTS: DRM

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:08:43 +0000

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.

By: dillweed

dillweed — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:07:57 +0000

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.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:27:47 +0000

Go Veronica!! You tell him!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:20:40 +0000

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

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:58:15 +0000

oh man, you totally told that guy haha

that was awesome

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:51:35 +0000

I was still WORKING!

By: Ian Grant

Ian Grant — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:50:46 +0000

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

By: Rick Rey

Rick Rey — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:41:07 +0000

Hey V you totally bitch slapped DRM… ouch!

By: NeuroMan42

NeuroMan42 — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:08:05 +0000

That guy sounds like a DRM Fanboi.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:36:56 +0000

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

By: Manny M

Manny M — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:26:08 +0000

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

By: J.Hockenberry

J.Hockenberry — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:14:28 +0000

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.

By: John B.

John B. — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:52:09 +0000

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.

By: Thaed

Thaed — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:17:00 +0000

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.

By: kkc

kkc — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:14:32 +0000

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.

By: Davor

Davor — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:23:02 +0000

You were pretty good on the show Veronica

By: David P

David P — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:26:30 +0000

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.

By: marvin24k

marvin24k — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:44:50 +0000

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

By: eric f.

eric f. — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:22:07 +0000

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.

By: Jason W.

Jason W. — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:20:10 +0000

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!