Sony has confirmed that it will be bringing its anticipated movie download service to US PlayStation 3 users this summer. The PlayStation Network will be Sony's first service to offer the movie downloads and the service will move to the popular handheld PSP later in the year.
Kazuo Hirai, head of the PlayStation division, said that they service will also be available to Japanese and European ... [ read the full article ]
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I have a simple rule.. If it has one brand or one user drm I leave it with them and keep my cash.
I have the same problem with our public compulsory subscription supported service broadcaster.. they say "buy windows or you can't access content you have paid for".. stick it.. they can keep it and I will be very vocal in my objection to being RIPPED OFF!!
Luckily apart from my second hand chipped ps1's I don't have ANY sony electronics.. and I won't be buying any at some point in the future. I hope this flawed plan ends up costing then, then I can sit in my drm free world and laugh my fekkin ass off at them and all their poor deluded fans!
You see but your system is flawed Varnull. While you are "laughing" at people they are laughing harder back at you since there are ways to get around these restrictions. So it ends up being all for not and you end up missing out on some aspects/experiences. I wholeheartedly agree that if I paid my money for something it is mine, plain and simple and no law is going to change that to me.
If I want to protect my media and have a backup I will do so, I want to watch a disc I paid for on my PSP, Ipod, PC or whatever I will do so and I will do so however possible. Nobody can tell me what I can do with something I own, it is mine, I paid for it and it's none of your business once it is MY property. People shouldn't let DRM, root kits or copy protection bother them so much, just let it go and deal with it. It doesn't bother me as many thousands of other Ad'ers would agree.
Originally posted by Oner: You see but your system is flawed Varnull. While you are "laughing" at people they are laughing harder back at you since there are ways to get around these restrictions. So it ends up being all for not and you end up missing out on some aspects/experiences. I wholeheartedly agree that if I paid my money for something it is mine, plain and simple and no law is going to change that to me.
If I want to protect my media and have a backup I will do so, I want to watch a disc I paid for on my PSP, Ipod, PC or whatever I will do so and I will do so however possible. Nobody can tell me what I can do with something I own, it is mine, I paid for it and it's none of your business once it is MY property. People shouldn't let DRM, root kits or copy protection bother them so much, just let it go and deal with it. It doesn't bother me as many thousands of other Ad'ers would agree.
its all very well saying that oner, but to you and me and many computer savey users yes its easy to use media in a way we wish to but for the majority of the public they are even unaware of DRM, and there are no warnings on the front of products showing ppl the restricted licence or usage as sales would be effected if anti-consumer was printed for all to see.
I know how to bypass most DRM but i'm not an "i'm alright jack" sort of person, i am fighting for everyone.
Some people (millions actually) just don't care about DRM; as they buy what they want and are happy with that. So to "fight" for people the way you do is unnecessary, why not contribute on how to bypass it as that is much more helpful than complaining about it all the time.
Originally posted by Oner: Some people (millions actually) just don't care about DRM; as they buy what they want and are happy with that. So to "fight" for people the way you do is unnecessary, why not contribute on how to bypass it as that is much more helpful than complaining about it all the time.
I agree most don't care about DRM and when they do start caring I've got my fingers crossed that they find AD and come here where we can help them make the most out of their investments.
I do as well disagree with the tactics of the drm and copy protection. To me it's saying one thing, we do not stand behind the quality of our product. That is what my main complaint is.... If I go and buy a product from a store that is not a video game, or movie and it doesn't work, or doesn't work the way i thought it would, i would return it. My money would leave with me as i left the store. I know what your thinking, but video games and movies are more of entertainment products, yes they are so would they not be considered more of a service then? There was a time where Americans would go to see a movie in the theater and should that movie not be what they liked, they would ask and receive their money back. Whats going on now is bad business, and i do not support bad business. If they chose to say that i can't return a movie that i found to be lacking in the artistic taste that was searching for in entertainment, then i will not pay. It's that simple. As far as restriction to one device that is their choice as a device maker, the way things are looking we have quite a few countries that are either going thru or are going to be going thru their industrial revolutions. So they will continue to make us products that don't comply with the bad business of restrictive companies. You know what I'm talking about if you have ever got your hands on an Apex dvd player, an awesome device with no region chip. (the Apex dvd player i had came from walmart[love the walmart] it would play cdda, mp3, jpg, vcd, svcd, dvd, cd/dvd-r, cd/dvd-rw, and cd-g) :-D
So feel no worry my friends.....
we hold all the cards......
we are the consumer and the companies bend to our will, they have just forgotten this unchangeable fact. Oh and don't forget the sneeker net is alive and well. ;-)
It's what the general public(noob) uses.
