http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/ Engadget Comments for HBO's Bob Zitter wants to call DRM "Digital Consumer Enablement" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
or it's black and we rename it white, does that make it white or black?

or...]]>May 11th 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
My well thought out response...

BWWWHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAA!!!]]>May 11th 2007 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
And while he's at it, have him declare that the war in Iraq is over and everyone is happy!]]>May 11th 2007 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Sorry, Bobby.]]>May 11th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Not even close to being funny.]]>May 11th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 13th 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Maybe he could be the War Czar!]]>May 11th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/-No, Sir, it doesn't.
-I'm no longer interested. (Hangs Up)
-WtF!?!]]>May 11th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
I have been Digitally Consumer Enabled to buy a new TV so that my new $600 player will play in HD!]]>May 11th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
"Hey clueless billionaire - DRM is double-plus BAD!"]]>May 11th 2007 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/This guy must have woke up and said "I am going to put out a comment that will instantly make my name recognizable to everyone. And they will associate my name with everything that is vile, evil, and stupid in the world. Yes, I will do that today."

And if he had some PR puke write the statement for him, he should fire that guy double quick unless he wants cartoons on the Internet of him marrying a donkey or something]]>May 11th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/]]>May 11th 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH]]>May 11th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Hopefully we don't have to wait for all these old guys who run the publishers to retire and be replaced by people who get it before things change.]]>May 11th 2007 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/I like the unrestricted ability to convert music and put it on my laptop to take to work, or my ipod to listen to on the car if that's where I choose to, or stream it over the network to my xbox360 as the music of choice in the background while I'm playing a game. Same concepts apply to movies/tv shows I have purchased, why can't I convert them to my laptop or ipod video to keep me or my company entertained while on a long trip?

DRM doesn't allow any of that from what I've observed/experienced.]]>May 11th 2007 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Personally I didn't know what DRM stands for, and I've removed it off of many forms of multimedia multiple times, I don't think I'm the only one that didn't...]]>May 11th 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/Direct Consumer Enemas ...]]>May 11th 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
At first, I didn't see "term" in the above sentence, and knew I must be hallucinating. Pretty ballsy to go from euphemism to downright doublespeak, though.

"Damnable Content Eviscerator"?]]>May 11th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to watch a movie on my Digital Consumer Enabled device.]]>May 11th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/May 11th 2007 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/11/hbos-bob-zitter-wants-to-call-drm-digital-consumer-enablement/
http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/821/1900/lo/p6.jpg]]>May 12th 2007 3:13AM