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Google DRM - An Oxymoron If There Ever Was One
How can the company that defines all things great about the web introduce their own DRM?
It's a sad day on the web. I am crying for them, for us.
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Posted January 5, 2006 in Venture Capital and TechnologyComments
I'm going to go out on a limb and be the token marxist here, but I see exclusivity in content as a greed based motive, and what has to happen is the removal of the purveyor, he's not doing shit but cashing checks.
Posted by: jackson | Jan 6, 2006 1:19:48 AM
Oxymoron is right. Unlike other content like text and pictures, most video is not online for google to abuse, therefore google offers DRM to lure video owners. I wonder what protection it actually will give video owners and how much protection will be for google.
Posted by: Steve | Jan 8, 2006 8:00:38 PM
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