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RIAA's 'Tech Unit' Still Wants DRM; Dogs Still Want Steakby George Ziemann -- May 8, 2008 The fact that the RIAA even has a "technical unit" was good for a laugh all by itself. Apparently, beyond all evidence to the contrary, they've got one, though, and it's run by a guy named David Hughes. You can go read the source articles (at right), because I'm not going into the whole story. I just want to look at two one-sentence quotes. The first comes from Hughes, which is really the only reason I explained who he is. It would have been much more fun to imagine a deranged cartoon scientist, which is what I found funny about it in the first place. Anyway, the joke actually gets better after he speaks. "(Recently) I made a list of the 22 ways to sell music, and 20 of them still require DRM." Hmmm... CD, vinyl, DVD, SACD, video, cassette... Do any of them have DRM? M-O-O-N, that spells Two. We can see why this guy is in charge. Math skills are important when you're trying to ignore the basic laws of physics. In the other corner is Fritz Attaway of the MPAA, offering this gem, "We need DRM to show our customers the limits of the license they have entered into with us." If you buy a CD or DVD, you don't own it. Instead, you "entered into a license." It was probably on the back of the receipt in invisible ink. I'm highly amused that both the RIAA and MPAA are going to cling to the dream as long as possible and invest another pile of money to make sure their dwindling number of paying customers is constantly annoyed and reminded that the studios think they're all thieves. |
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