Comments on: Mickey Mouse Scared of Bluetooth http://gigaom.com/2005/03/28/mickey-mouse-scared-of-bluetooth/ The Business of Technology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:25:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Daniel Spisak http://gigaom.com/2005/03/28/mickey-mouse-scared-of-bluetooth/#comment-9721 Daniel Spisak Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:14:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/28/mickey-mouse-scared-of-bluetooth/#comment-9721 So much for open standards. What good is having interoperable devices if content providers won't let you use them for their content until they have been crippled to the point where only the corps can give you content and not the person who actually owns their own damn phone and CDs, movies, etc? DRM-this and DRM-that just means I won't be buying this and I won't be buying that. The only exception to that so far has been Apple for me and the iPod and iTMS because it's priced right for me. But I can still use my gigs of MP3s ripped from my own CD collection. So in the end, sure, add DRM to whatever crap you want, but if you don't let non-DRM formats come to your party then your going to be staring at some pretty crappy sales figures. So much for open standards. What good is having interoperable devices if content providers won’t let you use them for their content until they have been crippled to the point where only the corps can give you content and not the person who actually owns their own damn phone and CDs, movies, etc?

DRM-this and DRM-that just means I won’t be buying this and I won’t be buying that. The only exception to that so far has been Apple for me and the iPod and iTMS because it’s priced right for me. But I can still use my gigs of MP3s ripped from my own CD collection.

So in the end, sure, add DRM to whatever crap you want, but if you don’t let non-DRM formats come to your party then your going to be staring at some pretty crappy sales figures.

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