DRM and the PRO-IP Act - Limited time opportunity? Shameless self-promotion?

[Leo Mauler]

--- On Sun, 9/28/08, Oren Beck <orenbeck at gmail.com> wrote:

> In a better vanished world?  The concept of a 
> person retaining ability to use what had been 
> paid for in a good faith transaction was not
> questionable. Now with these cases it has 
> become so questionable that DRM itself may be 
> rendered unmarketable.
> 
> IF the consumer base having that click or not 
> freedom on DRM locked "IP" has a bad enough 
> association for DRM? Uh-wait- This "DRM" ain't
> that how youknowwho lost $$$ on all the stuff 
> he and his family "bought" ???  And while much 
> of the "Soccer Mom"  or "Family Man" adult 
> world may not YET equate the term "DRM" with 
> all this at the moment, we can bet safely on a 
> major screamfest Real Soon Now....
> Hell- if they time this they can have it be 
> breaking news close enough before the "Black 
> Friday"  sales as to tank those too! SO all the
> plans for selling DRM required devices and 
> content as a major $$ this "Black Friday" will 
> be competing with horror stories. Like:
> 
> "I lost ALL my downloaded stuff- $$$ worth and 
> it says I have no recourse for my money"
> 
> Those types of  articles and news stories might 
> not be to enticing a sales pitch for more DRM 
> locked stuff eh??

Exactly.  Let the consumers find out exactly what DRM means so there will be millions of people who shout down DRMed music and video later on.