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by mod50ack
858 days ago
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> There has been plenty of attempts at copy protection on CDs. Some more successful than others. Yes, but they're fundamentally incompatible with the CD standard. I'm not denying that digital downloads for music were the first big use of DRM. But in that case, it was perhaps even more futile than in other applications. |
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Not really “incompatible”. More like hacks around the standard.
If they were incompatible then CD players wouldn’t have been able to play those CDs.
> I'm not denying that digital downloads for music were the first big use of DRM. But in that case, it was perhaps even more futile than in other applications.
It’s easy to say that in hindsight but there was a point in time where it felt like DRM in music would eventually win out.
Ironically it was the subscription model that saved us here. Because those that wanted convenience went with services like Spotify. And those that wanted to persistent copies stuck with CDs and vinyl.