{"id":1173,"date":"2004-08-03T03:54:23","date_gmt":"2004-08-03T08:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/sunncomm-updates-drm\/"},"modified":"2004-08-03T03:54:23","modified_gmt":"2004-08-03T08:54:23","slug":"sunncomm-updates-drm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/sunncomm-updates-drm\/","title":{"rendered":"sunncomm updates drm"},"content":{"rendered":"

sunncomm’s been a post-child for drm discussions here at the meta-roj blog since they were defeated by a shift key<\/a>. now, we learn that the latest creation from sunncomm claims to avoid the shift-key problem, and even better, sunncomm’s reaching out to apple (the company that can’t get into the music business<\/a> according to a 1991 agreement with apple corps, ltd.).<\/p>\n

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SunnComm announces CD protection software update<\/a> [the business journal, phoenix, july 30, 2004]<\/div>\n

According to an announcement from SunnComm, protection components embedded on the optical medium will now make it impossible for the user to play the disc without installing the MediaMax software.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

i just have to observe that “protection components embedded in the optical medium” pretty much guarantee that it’s not a cd anymore – at least not according to the rainbow of books that define what a cd is.<\/p>\n

i think the lesson here is that the itunes userbase has become problematic enough<\/a> to force a shift in the drm technology. “Most of those questions are related to getting the songs onto an iPod.” – that was enough to cause change at sunncomm. the new wrapper is just going to annoy a different chunk of the audience, and they may not be as “active” as ipod users, so annoying them may not be as costly – except to the artist.<\/p>\n

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Macrovision and SunnComm court Apple for a seachange in CDs<\/a> [the register, july 19, 2004]<\/div>\n

In the end what is required is a piece of software that will support handoff from the CD to any of Microsoft, Apple\u2019s or Sony\u2019s DRM but not to a system with no DRM.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

i would disagree. what’s needed is a new business model… one that respects the relationship between artist and audience, rather than trying to impose on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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