RIAA Says "Don't Expect DRMed Music To Work Forever"

Oracle Goddess writes "Buying DRMed content, then having that content stop working later, is fair, writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer who represents the MPAA, RIAA in a letter to the top legal advisor at the Copyright Office. 'We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works.' In other words, if it stops working, too bad. Not surprisingly, Metalitz also strongly opposes any exemption that would allow users to legally strip DRM from content if a store goes dark and takes down its authentication servers."

Forever?

[SilverHatHacker]

As a proud user of GStreamer-based media players, I didn't expect it to work at all.

Just because we can't kill lawyers...

[Anonymous Coward]

...doesn't mean we shouldn't try.

Re:Obligatory

[bennomatic]

And if you choose to look under the hood to see why it stopped working, we will sue you. If you remove the MakeItNotWork-O-Meter so that the car runs, we will prosecute. If you publish your findings, we will have you branded a terrorist.

Re:They are Goblins.

[kylemonger]

And they aren't the only ones. [amazon.com]

Re:that will keep your customers happy

[commodore64_love]

We're discussing Record Megacorps not the Sopranos. They eanr their money by providing product, not extortion.

(somebody whispers in my ear)

What's that? RIAA sends out extortionate letters demanding $5000 or else? Really? Oh. Well then I retract my statement. They really are like the mafia.

Re:How many times do we have to hear about DRM??

[countSudoku()]

Or borrow it from your friends, then rip and enjoy, then give it to your other friends. I just share all my content now and barely purchase anything. Never used P2P either. Just sneakernet. Gotta love those cheap 1TB drives! Eat me MPAA, I give away movies and you can't stop shit. Sue me! I'm a fucking pirate. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm still here, and I'm still giving away movies, assholes. 80GB of MP3s and 100+ iPod ready movies and counting... my friends disks are so fucking full!!1! What's a Blue Rae?

Amazon called.

[SilverHatHacker]

They want their idea back.
(I admit, that's not really fair to them. It wasn't their fault.)

Wow...

[Looce]

Wow, just wow. This reply of yours was made one minute after another [slashdot.org] referencing goblins from Harry Potter.

I swear, you Harry Potter fans are starting to creep me out. :(

RIAA: Thats Ok...

[hAckz0r]

Because my money is now printed with disappearing ink.

semi-obligatory quote

[Abreu]

"The more you tighten your grip, Metalitz, more songs will slip through your fingers"

(What kind of name is "Metalitz", anyway?? Sounds like an evil android)

Is that....

[melikamp]

Is that you, Jon Stewart?

Re:Dear Mr. Metalitz

[Hurricane78]

Don't be so harsh. He isn't responsible for his mother being a hamster, and his father smelling of elderberries. It's a common mixup in cross-species relationships like this, to raise the placenta instead of the actual child.

P.S.: Now I'm reminded of that South Park episode with Bono. ^^

Re:In Regards...

[A Pancake]

tl;dr version - Dear RIAA,

FUCK YOU!

Best Regards
The World.

Re:That's funny

[DogDaySunrise]

"Sorry, the rights on that payment have expired. Would you like to supply more goods in exchange for another one?" :oD

Re:Just because we can't kill lawyers...

[GaratNW]

It's so weird.. i ran the phrase "RIAA says 'Don't expect DRMed music to work forever'" through Lost in Translation, and it came back "Please if you would bend over, rhinoceros." Strange.

Re:Dear Mr. Metalitz

[Anonymous Coward]

In corporate America, Lawyer fucks you.

Re:Important things to note:

[Delkster]

Moral? Big industry?