<![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[ - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:19:18 EDT Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:19:18 EDT http://idolator.com/372468/ <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/372468/#c4889944 @worldsfair: but recycling and energy conservation have real-world consequences beyond those debated in comment sections. does drm-free music? if anything i'd think that the push for drm-free music would help contribute to the conditions you're lamenting in your second paragraph, but that's because i don't really trust people as a rule.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:372468:c4889944 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:19:18 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/372468/#c4889397 hate to be the devil's advocate but most consumers really don't care about things like recycling and energy conservation yet these are very real things tied to the products they purchase and consume and they are very real and important things to be concerned about...

i guess what i'm wondering is at what point are consumers and inter-nerds wrong? or at least less than half-right? speaking as a music fan and avid blog reader, i totally agree that people should have the right and ability to share media... but from working for independent music i can see that the story isn't so simple and fans need to wake up to the fact that most of their favorite musicians and indeed many of the people suporting/representing them wallow in financial misery for most of their lives trying to make a career out of music... there's something wrong with the equation and there has to be a compromise somewhere

worldsfair

]]> 33:372468:c4889397 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:42:54 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/372468/#c4885444 i agree Maura. it's the same ire that people throw at labels for not providing a blanket license for ad-supported models. the fact is, each label and service views these things differently because of their operating structure and it's impossible to create one deal that works for every artist contract and every territory and every piece of media. shit's hard.

on the other hand, i don't know a single label that isn't actively negotiating to provide music DRM-free, it just takes a while. i'm sure that's hard for arm chair pundits as they surf BoingBoing on their BSD-UNIX enabled iPhones, but that is truth.

fogsnob

]]> 33:372468:c4885444 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:40:12 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/372468/#c4885335 Trying to tell tech nerds that this 'doesn't really matter' is nigh impossible. 'Can I put it on my iPod?' is the only question that needs to be answered for most consumers.

blackmailismylife

]]> 33:372468:c4885335 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:36:40 EDT <![CDATA[]]> http://idolator.com/372468/#c4885327 I've said it over there, but yeah, that's about the size of it. Most people don't give a damn about DRM (still) as long as their music plays.

Captain Wrong

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