i'm a bit shocked by some of the comments. I mean this is surely a good thing for consumers? purchase a film once and have access to it over many platforms.
i cant see DRM for film/tv going away anytime soon, so something like this is a step in the right direction.
What? People objecting to a system that requires that their every move be tracked? Imagine that. You know, there is the sales pitch and there is the way that things will actually be implemented. There are the technical and business problems and there's corporate human nature. All of this is pretty foreseeable if you have any experience with any of the component parts.
Of course my first thought when seeing that diagram was: "the ultimate spyware".
Sorry, no thanks. I prefer the simple option: NO DRM.
@nabberuk Consider if the film you bought is some ultra-kinky fetishist porn, and you are running for public office, and the company in question opposes your stance on certain issues.
Even if it weren't something quite as extreme as that, there are various situations in which such knowledge gives the company some power over you. If you don't think so, you probably haven't thought this out much.
@nabberuk not "a company," EVERY company--and letting all of them know EVERYTHING you've bought and watched. if you're worried about what google knows about you, you should definitely worry about when the rest of the entertainment and communication industries get together. just think what they already know about you: name, address, social security, credit history, and now your secret love of hannah montana? it's a marketer's wet dream.
The phone has 256MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, which do the job reasonably well, though the Anna interface will likely leave something to be desired for many smartphone users.
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i'm a bit shocked by some of the comments. I mean this is surely a good thing for consumers? purchase a film once and have access to it over many platforms.
i cant see DRM for film/tv going away anytime soon, so something like this is a step in the right direction.
What? People objecting to a system that requires that their every move be tracked? Imagine that. You know, there is the sales pitch and there is the way that things will actually be implemented. There are the technical and business problems and there's corporate human nature. All of this is pretty foreseeable if you have any experience with any of the component parts.
Of course my first thought when seeing that diagram was: "the ultimate spyware".
Sorry, no thanks. I prefer the simple option: NO DRM.
@jedi
I'm sorry, but is letting a company know you bought music/films really that big a problem for you?
@nabberuk Consider if the film you bought is some ultra-kinky fetishist porn, and you are running for public office, and the company in question opposes your stance on certain issues.
Even if it weren't something quite as extreme as that, there are various situations in which such knowledge gives the company some power over you. If you don't think so, you probably haven't thought this out much.
@nabberuk
not "a company," EVERY company--and letting all of them know EVERYTHING you've bought and watched. if you're worried about what google knows about you, you should definitely worry about when the rest of the entertainment and communication industries get together. just think what they already know about you: name, address, social security, credit history, and now your secret love of hannah montana? it's a marketer's wet dream.