Re: FN-FORUM: Advice on DRM needed

date posted 6th November 2007 10:41



Vicki Sivess wrote:
>
> A client has asked me to look into the possibility of implementing an
> itunes-like domain rights management system on a forthcoming music
> downloads part of his website.
>
> Knowing little about it I approached it with an open mind and soon
> discovered it is a very controversial subject.
>
> I have read Steve Job's open letter where he says he would take it off
> itunes if the record companies did not insist on it and I've also read
> the series of Guardian articles by Cory Doctorow who is vehemently
> opposed to the concept.
>
> I conclude that DRM is a bad idea because, in essence, it
> inconveniences the honest people who have paid for the music while not
> stopping dishonest people from stealing it.
>
> Is that about it? Has anyone here had a positive experience of using
> or implementing such a system or are there any important articles I
> should read on the subject?
I would shop around a bit if they are committed to it- if you look
around the place there are a lot of digital rights specialist companies
and I would be surprised if there weren't some fairly useful products
you could licence. Quite possibly other people have other ideas.

I've never implemented one, but I used to do the digital releases for a
small label and we just sorted it out through AIM and their DSP, which I
think has since been bought out by someone else but still does a good
job. That got our stuff onto most of the major download services right away.

-ben