Comments on: Bill Gates Says DRM has “Huge Problems” http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-36416 Noel Le Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:53:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-36416 <p>I wonder if there has been any effort by companies that leverage DRM to solicit feedback from customers on how to design optimal DRM systems that provide consumer experience more flexibility while preserving viable business models for the firm.</p> I wonder if there has been any effort by companies that leverage DRM to solicit feedback from customers on how to design optimal DRM systems that provide consumer experience more flexibility while preserving viable business models for the firm.

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-55636 Noel Le Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:53:33 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-55636 <p>I wonder if there has been any effort by companies that leverage DRM to solicit feedback from customers on how to design optimal DRM systems that provide consumer experience more flexibility while preserving viable business models for the firm.</p> I wonder if there has been any effort by companies that leverage DRM to solicit feedback from customers on how to design optimal DRM systems that provide consumer experience more flexibility while preserving viable business models for the firm.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-36415 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:19:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-36415 <p>By "buy an artist out for life" Gates means that we need mechanisms to enable an artist's audience to collect a lump sum to offer in exchange for the artist's copyright (lifetime 'rights') to their work.</p> <p>In other words, the audience buys the artist's art (instead of copies thereof).</p> <p>Such mechanisms are what I'm working on.</p> By “buy an artist out for life” Gates means that we need mechanisms to enable an artist’s audience to collect a lump sum to offer in exchange for the artist’s copyright (lifetime ‘rights’) to their work.

In other words, the audience buys the artist’s art (instead of copies thereof).

Such mechanisms are what I’m working on.

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-55635 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:19:12 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-55635 <p>By "buy an artist out for life" Gates means that we need mechanisms to enable an artist's audience to collect a lump sum to offer in exchange for the artist's copyright (lifetime 'rights') to their work.<br><br>In other words, the audience buys the artist's art (instead of copies thereof).<br><br>Such mechanisms are what I'm working on.</p> By “buy an artist out for life” Gates means that we need mechanisms to enable an artist’s audience to collect a lump sum to offer in exchange for the artist’s copyright (lifetime ‘rights’) to their work.

In other words, the audience buys the artist’s art (instead of copies thereof).

Such mechanisms are what I’m working on.

]]> By: Charles http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-36414 Charles Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:18:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-36414 <p>Doug: I agree completely with you. Software is probably the best example of a digital product that's of comparable size to a music CD or DVD, and that has made (or is making) the switch from being distributed on physical media to being distributed electronically. There were no DRM protections in the law until the DMCA and, still, piracy has not killed the market.</p> Doug: I agree completely with you. Software is probably the best example of a digital product that’s of comparable size to a music CD or DVD, and that has made (or is making) the switch from being distributed on physical media to being distributed electronically. There were no DRM protections in the law until the DMCA and, still, piracy has not killed the market.

]]> By: Charles http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-55634 Charles Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:18:05 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-55634 <p>Doug: I agree completely with you. Software is probably the best example of a digital product that's of comparable size to a music CD or DVD, and that has made (or is making) the switch from being distributed on physical media to being distributed electronically. There were no DRM protections in the law until the DMCA and, still, piracy has not killed the market.</p> Doug: I agree completely with you. Software is probably the best example of a digital product that’s of comparable size to a music CD or DVD, and that has made (or is making) the switch from being distributed on physical media to being distributed electronically. There were no DRM protections in the law until the DMCA and, still, piracy has not killed the market.

]]> By: Doug Lay http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-36413 Doug Lay Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:25:32 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-36413 <p>The best way to get "DRM" to improve is to subject it to the full force of the marketplace and the technological state of the art, by removing ineffectual protectionist legislation like the DMCA anti-circumvention clause.</p> <p>Personally, I think "DRM" will always be around to some extent, but will increasingly be limited to high-end niche products (think of how software dongles are now mostly used in products costing thousands of dollars a seat). Other folks will of course have differing views on this. Let's let the market sort things out, by getting rid of dumb, failed regulation.</p> The best way to get “DRM” to improve is to subject it to the full force of the marketplace and the technological state of the art, by removing ineffectual protectionist legislation like the DMCA anti-circumvention clause.

Personally, I think “DRM” will always be around to some extent, but will increasingly be limited to high-end niche products (think of how software dongles are now mostly used in products costing thousands of dollars a seat). Other folks will of course have differing views on this. Let’s let the market sort things out, by getting rid of dumb, failed regulation.

]]> By: Doug Lay http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-55633 Doug Lay Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:25:32 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-55633 <p>The best way to get "DRM" to improve is to subject it to the full force of the marketplace and the technological state of the art, by removing ineffectual protectionist legislation like the DMCA anti-circumvention clause.<br><br>Personally, I think "DRM" will always be around to some extent, but will increasingly be limited to high-end niche products (think of how software dongles are now mostly used in products costing thousands of dollars a seat). Other folks will of course have differing views on this. Let's let the market sort things out, by getting rid of dumb, failed regulation.</p> The best way to get “DRM” to improve is to subject it to the full force of the marketplace and the technological state of the art, by removing ineffectual protectionist legislation like the DMCA anti-circumvention clause.

Personally, I think “DRM” will always be around to some extent, but will increasingly be limited to high-end niche products (think of how software dongles are now mostly used in products costing thousands of dollars a seat). Other folks will of course have differing views on this. Let’s let the market sort things out, by getting rid of dumb, failed regulation.

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-36412 Noel Le Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:22:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-36412 <p>Gates is saying that DRM should be <em>improved</em> rather than jettisoned. The technologies and business models surrounding DRM are young, and they have to mature before they function optimally for both consumers and copyright holders. Personally, I think there should be more flexibility in DRM schemes.</p> Gates is saying that DRM should be improved rather than jettisoned. The technologies and business models surrounding DRM are young, and they have to mature before they function optimally for both consumers and copyright holders. Personally, I think there should be more flexibility in DRM schemes.

]]> By: Noel Le http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-55632 Noel Le Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:22:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/14/bill-gates-says-drm-has-huge-problems/#comment-55632 <p>Gates is saying that DRM should be <em>improved</em> rather than jettisoned. The technologies and business models surrounding DRM are young, and they have to mature before they function optimally for both consumers and copyright holders. Personally, I think there should be more flexibility in DRM schemes.</p> Gates is saying that DRM should be improved rather than jettisoned. The technologies and business models surrounding DRM are young, and they have to mature before they function optimally for both consumers and copyright holders. Personally, I think there should be more flexibility in DRM schemes.

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