[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcforum] Fw: iPad DRM is a dangerous step backward. Sign the petition!

[Michel Bauwens]

does anyone have an overview of how drm has fared on the iPod over time?
that could be instructive,

Tom?

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 1/29/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> questions for me are: can the format of the latter change to take into
>> account social and environmental externalities; and, can communities and
>> for-benefit players maintain sufficient economy vis a vis their
>> collaborating enterpreneurial coalitions?
>>
>> but p2p has never been about filesharing, I agree 100%, and it offers no
>> solutions to artists and creators, so it is as best an epiphenomema, a sign
>> of the pathology of the old system, rather than a mature model of the new,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>
> If a DRM intensive model is attractive to the marketplace, then P2P
> designers are doing something wrong.  One thing is certain: There won't be
> 10 different successful global DRM framework models.  There will only be one
> to three.  Apple is the clear leader now.  The opportunity for the world to
> open up against a hegemonic Apple have just gone up several fold.  Meet the
> new boss...same as the old one.
>
> IBM has already successfully moved toward open systems and cloud
> systems.  The organizations that lost the day the iPad was announced are
> independent book sellers, Oracle, PC clone makers (e.g. Dell and HP...which
> are increasingly irrelevant desktop outside business markets). and anyone
> who writes software for non-mobile devices.  It probably saved book and
> newspaper publishers who now have a platform on which to deliver news while
> maintaining their broadsheet and text looks.
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
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