Jason Calacanis Bashes DRM

Just watched an awesome video of Jason Calacanis going on a rant about DRM, Apple’s FairPlay in particular. He is a smart guy and therefore expounds on the obvious points, like how no content company is going to license their products without some kind of digital locks. He also makes this great point:

“I bought a song online, I paid for it, and I can do less with that song than if i had stolen it.”

Yes DRM is a necessary evil at this point, but the point is that the average consumer is trapped between both worlds. We WANT to pay for music and movies, but the fact remains that all the cool things we can do with all these new technologies are being limited by scared people. But it is their content that people want to consume so who can knock them for wanting to control it. I just wish we had more faith in our fellow man.

Jason recently sold his company to AOL so he is kind of a big company guy but is smart enough to keep saying what he thinks. Kudos.

Not sure where this video is from, looks like a panel at some conference.
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