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6 months ago
in Officially Lucky, a blog by Clint Ecker on Officially Lucky
didn't read the NYT article but did it explain WHY the control channel is being used? i'm assuming it has to do with getting the text message to the phone while not connected to the data network, but with newer phones wouldn't it be easier to pass a control channel command "you have text message" and have the phone connect to get it via data channels?
putting on my grumpy old man hat, why text anymore anyway? on my blackberry and ipod touch e-mail seems more convienent to me and a heck of a lot cheaper.
putting on my grumpy old man hat, why text anymore anyway? on my blackberry and ipod touch e-mail seems more convienent to me and a heck of a lot cheaper.
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9 months ago
in What’s the fuss with DRM? on Macgasm
DRM limitations on number of devices, generally, applies to all devices it will ever be used on. Go check ArsTechnica article on movies bought for PlayStation 3. If you want to keep a movie you've bought you must retain that PS3 for all time. No upgrading (except hard drive) and moving over, etc....
iTunes Music Store isn't so restrictive as you can easily move music to new devices, but if Apple ever shuts down ITMS you could be stuck with unplayable music. This is unlikely but both Yahoo and Microsoft have turned off DRM servers for music they've sold screwing all their customers.
As a musician you should study business models of how your music is distributed instead of blindly accepting what the RIAA states. DRM has not, nor has it ever prevented copying of music. The one thing that has reduced copying is availability of legal methods of obtaining music electronically. iTunes Plus and the Amazon MP3 store exists because record companies recognize this but don't want to admit it publicly.
The only time DRM is some what acceptable is for movie rentals and subscription services that allow moving content to a portable device, i.e. times when you don't own the content.
iTunes Music Store isn't so restrictive as you can easily move music to new devices, but if Apple ever shuts down ITMS you could be stuck with unplayable music. This is unlikely but both Yahoo and Microsoft have turned off DRM servers for music they've sold screwing all their customers.
As a musician you should study business models of how your music is distributed instead of blindly accepting what the RIAA states. DRM has not, nor has it ever prevented copying of music. The one thing that has reduced copying is availability of legal methods of obtaining music electronically. iTunes Plus and the Amazon MP3 store exists because record companies recognize this but don't want to admit it publicly.
The only time DRM is some what acceptable is for movie rentals and subscription services that allow moving content to a portable device, i.e. times when you don't own the content.
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Corey Harris
Kevin, i appreciate your feedback. One thing that I really like about iTunes is how iTunes Plus will check your music and see if you can upgrade to DRM free from their music. While I know some don't want to pay again, I have no problem with it. Plus it is not so expensive to upgrade. I upgraded over 60 songs the other day for under 10 bucks. I think if Apple were to ever implement a subscription plan for iTunes, we would see the music we actually pay for to buy become all DRM free and any thing through the subscription become a tighter DRM which I would not have an issue with at all. But again, I am have an odd outlook on things.
There's not a whole lot of "reason" beyond historical momentum, that its a part of the GSM standard, and it works fairly well. Not all users have data plans, et cetera. I'm not sure how the carriers come up with a price/sms, but the whole issue boils down to "this is how this mechanism works in GSM." I was not trying to debunk the NYT's premise, I think that the carriers are undoubtedly overcharging per SMS sent, but probably not by as much as was implied in the article.
Like I said, the NYT article was fairly good, but missed some opportunities to be completely precise.