DRM, France - Denmark to follow?

[niknik]

Apple's problems in Europe look to be getting worse, not better. Following on the heels of France's legislative push for DRM interoperability comes word that Denmark is thinking along the same lines. Reportedly, Maersk and the country's largest telecommunications company, TDC, are speaking out in favor of such interoperability. Maersk and TDC are not only two of largest companies in Denmark, but they are amongst the largest and most powerful in Europe. Both also operate online music ventures.

Is Europe finally heading on to the right track? :)

Full article here:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060326-6463.html

[Romario]

I hope so.

[Sirber]

I wish Québec was part of Europe :D

[niknik]

I wish half the countries in Europe were part of Europe! ;)

[Eretria-chan]

Sometimes, it seems the US seems more interested in companies attaining world domination than the average customer:
http://theinquirer.net/?article=30531
WHY?! Why must you always make life miserable for everyone?

On a side note, the DRM law of France is a good thing. And denmark soon to follow, even better.

[niknik]

Meanwhile, millions of people download "illegal" musics, movies, and TV series, because of all the non-sense of the stupid restrictive DRMs that don't allow you to play the things you PAID for on the devices you WANT.

Will big companies ever learn, that WE are the ones paying for their salaries?
I just wish the whole world could boycott the movie/music industries, by not buying ANYTHING for, say... a month.
Would that be a sign they understood!?

[imike]

I don't think people will boycott the companies. We still want good musics, movies and other entertainment...
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[niknik]

Sure we want it. No argue about that.
But no more lame excuses due to "piracy".

I wan't to be able make backups (if you have kids, you'll quickly find out how "scratchable" DVDs are!), and rip them to my media server, so I can watch it all over the house.

No need for annoying "pseudo-protections" that do nothing to stop pirated content (you can find HDTV movies *today* on the net - for free) - except for annoying the rightful paying customers, that end up dealing with all the limitations.

I laugh at each day HD players are delayed, when they should have been out LONG ago! Do they really think AACS will keep it safe for long? Let them wait and see, and weep.

(ok, I let if off my chest, am more relaxed now. :)

[PaulC010]

I remember talking to EA support regarding the first Harry Potter game. Wouldn't play.

Sent the disk back (new from box) after paying to talk to them.

Apparently it was scratched, which would explain why it would install but the game would exit with an error before starting. (hmmmm)

They sent another (believe me this was the only time I ever contacted a game company helpline and paid for it, but see later)

Recieved a disk that was lightly sanded. PMSL.

Meantime (2 days from contacting EA support) i'd downloaded the non protected .exe and the game worked fine.

Conclusion. Game spec. required min 4x CDROM , but only a CDROM compatible with their copy protection system would actually work. I'm not sure if they made more money from my call than they lost employing the donkeys to answer the phone. I do know that their "supervisor" refunded my call costs+ after I told him what I thought of his company's copy protection..... and told him how other customers could save him money; but i'm sure the latter was never passed on, so EA budget for the same support costs next time, and add the cost to the next game....

In conclusion I'm not sure you can stop companies trying to kill their own sales. Let's hope they realise that they can't win morally, at least.

Paul.