{"id":144,"date":"2006-01-06T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2006-01-07T03:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/01\/06\/is-drm-evil-and-does-that-make-google-evil\/"},"modified":"2006-01-06T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2006-01-07T03:15:35","slug":"is-drm-evil-and-does-that-make-google-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/01\/06\/is-drm-evil-and-does-that-make-google-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Is DRM evil — and does that make Google evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do regular users care about DRM — digital rights management<\/a> — or is it just open-source fans, libertarians and other geeks? It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction Google gets to the super-duper, Google-rific DRM built into the search company’s new video store<\/a>. <\/p>\n

As more than one person has pointed out, the last thing we really need is another form of DRM, what with Sony installing rootkits<\/a> and Apple handcuffing you three different ways when you shop at iTunes.com. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are famous for their mantra “Don’t be evil” — and yet, for many, DRM is synonymous with evil<\/a> (some interesting comments on this Digg post<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If it is evil<\/a>, is it a necessary evil? Can Google manage to convince everyone that its DRM is somehow the lesser<\/a> of several evils? Sure, many of us — like Fred Wilson<\/a> — are crying a little on the inside. But do most people just care about having the ability to download NBA games or that great Star Trek episode with the green dancing alien girl<\/a>, at the right price, without giving a rat’s behind about the DRM?<\/p>\n

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Do regular users care about DRM — digital rights management — or is it just open-source fans, libertarians and other geeks? It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction Google gets to the super-duper, Google-rific DRM built into the search company’s new video store. As more than one person has pointed out, the … <\/p>\n

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