Blog Entry #3--DRM

The whole DRM topic is very confusing to me. What is right and what is wrong. I think region coding is wrong. If i buy a dvd in europe, i want to play it in my dvd player in america. How is this fair or even legal? If I buy a dvd and i want to put it on to a vhs tape like the lady in the article, so my kids dont destroy the dvd, what is wrong with that? I understand why artists complain about copyrighting and everything. The labels screw the artists in paying anyways, but that is my opinion. The major corporations are the ones that control everything and are the "MAN". The "MAN" always try to hold people down.

DRM is bad for everyone, not just business, consumers as well. It is pretty much setting a high price. The whole Lexmark situation in the article is ridiculous. Another company makes a product that imitates theirs but at a lower price, as a retail veteran, it is called competition. Every major conglomerate wants to corner every market. Competition is good for business and consumers. If you product is better then your competitions, it will be bought, even if it is a little more expensive, but if your product is better and is at an astronomical price, the other product will be sufficient.

The codes will be broken and every code will be placed on a website, somehere. Everyone in america will get arrested from breaking codes.

Every product with DRM will be expensive and people will find other ways around. We always do. We, the consumers are not made of money and eventually we will stop buying certain products.

DRM is BAD