Incompati-babel :: Architectures of Control

Incompati-babel

Published January 21st, 2007 in Arbitrary, Architectures of Control, Art making a point, Bad design, Blogosphere, Business model, DRM, Design, Digital rights, Do artifacts have politics?, Entropy, Graphic design, Intrusive technology, Marketing, Technical protection measures, Technology, Technology policy, User experience and advertising.

A clever comment on incompatible (and DRM’d) formats by eboy’s flunters. (Via rss.euge.de)

2 Responses to “Incompati-babel”

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1 ed
Jan 21st, 2007 at 4:51 pm

why no itunes? surely that’s the king of incompatible drm?!
2 Nick
Jan 21st, 2007 at 7:29 pm

Wonderful, well thought and well observe.

And p.s., iPod has a “cute” DRM. Don’t like it? You can fetch programs to get rid of it. Don’t want to go through the hassle? Then do what EVERYBODY with a computer has to do, back up your files on a CD and, voila, no more DRM.

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