Pirate thoufghts

[arabwel]

So. Sometime in the near futrure I intend to ilelgally download several songs off the internet.

Whym, you ask?

YOu see - I have bought these songs legally. I downloaded them form my operator#s music store to my cell phone. and these files_ .DCF files are so full of DRM that I cannot even use them as ring tones - let alone move them to my computer or any such thing. And id I did move the hideous quality ones to my computer and convert them to mp3? this is still omg illegals.

I will illegally download thsese songd because I have already paid for them but they have not been provided to me in a satisfacttory manner. I will not buy these songs again on Amazon or Itunes, or in any other manner pay again for these specific songs.

Cause lets face it - I pay for my music. I have bought 12 physical CDs, 2 full album downloads and 20-odd Mp3 downloads since the start of 2010. and now made themistake of downloading these fucking dcf files. I measure my collection in number of albums, not gigabytes.

the lesson here is> I am willing to pay for my music. I wnat to pay for my music. and in exchange for my money, I want my music. Simple, yes?

carry on.

Comments

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

"Media file encoded with DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy-protection; used by some cell phones for saving protected ringtones, pictures, videos, and other media clips; similar to a .DM file, but the rights object, which allows the encrypted data to be played back, is contained in a separate file.

Because DCF files are saved in a protected or "locked" format, they can typically only be opened using an authorized DRM-compatible cell phone."

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/dcf

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

That is the plan. I normally would not have touched them with a 10 foot pole but desperate times callf or desperate actions...

[leonatos.livejournal.com]

That's a good post. DRM has been the bane of some people's lives. I suggest going for DRM free purchases in future.

Also, I think you're entitled to back up any files you can, even if you download them from a pirate torrent. So it gets harder for people to quibble with you at that point. You bought them new from a licenced operator, therefore you can make and have as many copies for personal use (I think. Either way, it's fair in my book)

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think some of the licenses for these things do specify that they're only for use on one device, the intent being to make people have to re-buy them for subsequent devices.
There have also been suggestions of 'rental' music- where you pay a very small amount every time you listen to a song. If everywhere moved to that model I would no longer spend any money on music- I listen to a hell of a lot of it, so/but I couldn't afford that.
Of course, I think that if they moved to a rental model on a wide scale they'd find vastly increased piracy.

Because it is topical...

S

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

DRM Is one of the biggest hurdles in the current infformation age econbomy, imo. I still remember the sony rootkits. And that XKCD is definitely topical...

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

DRM 'protected' files will probably lead to an increase in illegal downloads.

I'm frankly against copy protection in music, films, etc- the people it does interfere with are the ones who try to do things legally*.

I buy all of my music, with the exception of downloads offered on websites by the bands themselves- and those only when there is no album available with it on.

S

*- Okay, so it inconveniences those who don't want to buy the thing but lack the wits to find a way or tool to bypass the protection. But who gives a shit about them?

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

DRM, imo, needs to die in a fire in its current form. *sigh* then again, I cannot envisiojn any kind of a perfect form for it that does not turn into a nightmare big brother state so.. yerah die in a fire in general.

I buy.. well, to be honest, maybe 98% of my music. Working towards 100% and also clear8ing the backlog of music I had back in the day when I had no money...

and no one gives a shit of them. They just reap the fruits ofg someone else doing the hardf work there in more ways than one. §

[rifumi.livejournal.com]

It's worse with movies though - you can't get them on any reasonable legal format, no matter what. And no I don't want a physical crap quality DVD collection.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Indeed *sigh*

[venome-relc.livejournal.com]

Just avoid buying off companes that use DRM. The more people boycot those fuckers, the sooner they will get the message. Simples.

P.S. I'm for free musc for everyone generally, and think that labels should die out.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

I normally inedeed do that, but this was an one/off emergency... was going crazy with no music at home and only thing I had that could play anything_ my phone. So Had to download some music into it but si nce the POS refuses to read memory cards or download mp3s from my ftp stash... ugh. ~shudder~

I actually believe in labels to some extent / not all of them atre made of fail. Because, i figure / someone needs to be able to do allt he adminstrative shit, distribution, advertisement, tetvc etrc and a good musicain doens]t necessarily know how to get their music out there for people to discover. After all, if someoe makes music to die for, i figure they deserve to be able to quit their day jobn and make more music ~grin~

[venome-relc.livejournal.com]

Yup. And that's why labels should die. As the only thng they are doing now - is preventing the musicians from meeting ther audience. There is no need in any "distribution" in our digital age - as music distributes itself through people. Hard copies of music should (and will) become a collector's thing, and do you really thing there's much effort needed to duplicate a tiny MP3 file? All the labels do - is selling to you (and to musicians too) the stuff you never ask for in the first place.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

MMm, we may have to agree to disagree on this one. But here is an example of whuy I think labels will evolve and still stay relevant - these guys http://www.crunchpod.com/ also have their separate digital label which aims to take advantage of the things you mentioned.