I’m no DRM expert, but as a consumer I think today’s DRM standards are intolerable. And that’s what I wrote about in today’s MediaPost Spin column here. The full text is below.
… Read the restSteve Jobs Is Right: DRM Upsets Consumers
February 9th, 2007 by Max Kalehoff
Steve Jobs’ open letter to the music industry regarding digital rights management for music files this week has escalated the debate tremendously.
I received four emails from folks this week who were unable to leave comments on AttentionMax. I tell you…I’ve had it with this MoveableType/Yahoo Hosting combo! I have help on the way from a friend, who is helping me to get on a new platform within the next few weeks.… Read the rest
…and that’s what I concluded today on Reuters Television. Click here for the full streaming interview with anchor Fred Katayama.
The irony is that Reuters, itself, is missing opportunities to optimize the ancillary Web of consumer pass-along.… Read the rest
Let’s face it. If you respond to a survey these days, that makes you an anomaly.
Thanks to excessive commercial survey solicitations — interceptive, disruptive, too long and delivering little in return — consumers frequently avoid them with as much determination as they do advertising.… Read the rest
Keith O’Brien says that conferences are odd:
… Read the restHaving spent half of my day at AlwaysOn (which my employer served as one of many sponsors), I find conferences odd. Maybe it’s because most of the people in attendance are not people I deal with on a daily basis.
