[Wylug-discuss] Which? magazine

[David Holden]

There is somewhat of an effort to address cross platform issues in an
industry standard way with UltraViolet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraViolet_%28system%29

 Dave.


On 23/02/12 10:07, Paul Brook wrote:
>> Books/etc tend to cost more than the digital stuff but get passed to
>> others (via charity shop in many cases), which over time may make them
>> better or worse value.  As the digital stuff is fairly cheap does it
>> really matter if it's not allowed to be passed on?
> 
> You'd think so, but often that's not actually true.  
> 
> Unless it's changes recently (within the lay year) ebooks often cost more than 
> a physical paperback, sometimes as much as a hardback.
> 
> Likewise buying a bunch of sparate tracks on iTunes often costs more than 
> getting the whole album posted to you on CD.  I've never used iTunes so I 
> don't know whether it's possible to buy albums at more reasonable rates, or if 
> doing so refunds the initial cost of any duplicates.
> 
> I also think it's a mistake to focus too much on passing things on.  How many 
> of us actually want to listen to our grandparent's music collection ;-)  IMHO 
> a more pressing concern is that when the phone/tablet/application/service you 
> used to purchase the licence dies (or is eaten), then there's a good chance 
> your DRM key wil go with it.
> 
> Paul
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