03/02/2007, 11:35am, EST
Friday, March 2nd
Briefly: DRM removal call backfires; DNA visualizer
Mac DNA-visualization software price reduction
OnScreen's DNA Lite Visualization software has been reduced in price by as much as 80% until "DNA Day." The software, designed to give students a thorough understanding of the three-dimensional structure of DNA, will have a single license priced at $10 until April 25th, when it will resume its prior price of $50. A ten-computer license has been discounted from $174 to $74.
Disc Makers reveal Blu-Ray duplicators
Disc Makers today revealed its first Blu-Ray compatible tower duplicators, the ReflexBlu2 and ReflexBlu4. The Blu2 can duplicate two full recordable Blu-Ray discs per hour, while the Blu4 can duplicate four discs per hour, in addition to having CD-R and DVD-R duplication capabilities. Each unit also includes a complete disc-creation software suite, USB connectivity allowing access to one drive for mastering and playback, and a 250GB hard drive, which can store up to nine full BD images. The Blu2 and Blu4 are priced at $3,000 and $5,000, respectively.
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(can you tell I have formed an opinion on this subject? ;) )
I mean really, do they really believe that the majority of music lovers want DRM? Do they really think the majority of us are Pirates?
If the majority of us were pirates, then they wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar business, they'd be OUT OF BUSINESS because we'd have all gotten our music for free by now.
What legal tab? What penalties? You mean the ones if cracks are found? Don't believe that crap Jobs was spewing about needing to keep Fairplay in house to keep cracks down. That's the "security through obscurity" argument. By this argument, MS would be a secure OS because no one has access to the code. Oh, wait, that's not true, is it.
Also, MS licenses their DRM all over the place, and Fairplay has been cracked more often then WMA. So apparently either Fairplay sucks as a DRM, MS is just a great set of programmers, or that keeping control over the DRM doesn't mean its more secure.
Sure they do! I know I love DRM, and wish I could encode all my music with DRM (you can do it with Windows, but not a Mac, talk about being behind the curve Apple!). I can't tell you how much sleep I lose at work worrying that, right now, someone could be breaking into my home, firing up my computer, and copying all my legally purchased music so they can distribute it on-line to all those thieves and pirates out there.
Hell, its so bad I'm taking 6 doses of Zoloft a day!
Music Industry: We want DRM. Steve Jobs: You got it. Hey, it only works with iPods as well. Isn't product tying great! Music Industry: Can we have more control over our product? Steve Jobs: Nope. Music Industry: Oh. Uhm... We'll leave Steve Jobs: No you won't. Music Industry: Oh. Ummm can you open up Fairplay. This will mean there's some competition and we can afford to ditch you. Steve Jobs:: Nope. Why would I ever do that? Music Industry: We'll make you look like the bad guy. Steve Jobs: You can try. I made downloadable music viable, produce the gadget all the cool kids want and I don't sue children and old ladies. Not only that, but I can plausibly blame all your troubles on you.
Music Industry: We want DRM.
Steve Jobs: You got it. Hey, it only works with iPods as well. Isn't product tying great!
Music Industry: Can we have more control over our product?
Steve Jobs: Nope.
Music Industry: Oh. Uhm... We'll leave
Steve Jobs: No you won't.
Music Industry: Oh. Ummm can you open up Fairplay. This will mean there's some competition and we can afford to ditch you.
Steve Jobs:: Nope. Why would I ever do that?
Music Industry: We'll make you look like the bad guy.
Steve Jobs: You can try. I made downloadable music viable, produce the gadget all the cool kids want and I don't sue children and old ladies. Not only that, but I can plausibly blame all your troubles on you.
But cracking an OS and cracking a DRM file are 2 different things. And youre wrong... Win2k & NT code was leaked in 2004.
And how many cracks are available for Fairplay under iTunes 6 & 7? zero.... So the question isnt how many times it's been cracked, but rather how long it's stays cracked.
And security thru obscurity is not the best method, but it does work quite well. The more people who have access to the code, the more possibilities it will leak. Thats just common sense. And who knows.. Maybe MS does have better programmers. but apparently they are only better at DRM.. :)