Mac owners and Linux users have been verbally bashed by Tommi Kyrra of the Finish division of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IPFI). The bashing of both the Mac platform and Linux platform came after users of these systems kicked up a stink about songs with DRM / Copy protection not working on their platforms. The response from Tommi Kyrra to users of these systems was tough your better off getting a regular CD player.
The news of this Mac / Linux bashing created quite a backlash and it wasn't to long before certain comments and segments from the press release were removed from the site. Those that can read finish can see both conversations side by side >> Original Vs Updated (for both IE and Non IE people) >> Original VS Updated (For IE people only '“ local cdfreaks server)
The comments that he made pretty much said that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. The man went on to say that most people listen to music on their stereo systems in their cars or homes and if you are a Mac / Linux user should just purchase a regular cd player. With comments like this from the country where Linux was developed seems just too much for some people and his comments have been branded stupid. As pointed out if your going to penalise Mac users why not penalise every user that buys say a Panasonic cd player.
Of course a response came as something in the lines that DRM is becoming part of our culture because the entertainment has requested it. Of course with a culture where three quarters of released cds are rubbish it doesn't give many much hope.
Though users do have a choice as a cd with copy protection has to be labelled and if you see it you have the choice of spending your money on something else.
Inflammatory stuff, and comment that quickly provoked a such sufficiently large outcry among Mac and Linux users that Tieketone editors quickly expunged the more controversial part of Kyrré¤'s argument. You can see the two version side by side here. We're indebted to Ars Technica's Ken Fisher for pointing it out to the world. Kyrré¤'s incendiary comment translates into English as:"Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. Normally people listen to music on their car or through their home stereos... If you are a Linux or Mac user, you should consider purchasing a regular CD player."The irony, that Linux was developed by a Finn, in Finland, appears lost on IFPI Finland's spokesman. And who is credited with providing the first solid alternative to illegal downloading from P2P sites? A Mac user... Kyrré¤'s claim that listening to music on a computer is an "extra privilege" is too daft to warrant further comment - if you're going to penalise, say, Mac users, why not also penalise anyone who buys, say, a Panasonic CD player? But it also prompted a silly response from Ars' Ken. DRM, he says, is an "encroaching affront to our culture being brought about at the behest of the entertainment industry". No, Ken, three-quarters of the rubbish put out on CD each month is an affront to culture. Don't get me wrong, I just bought a stack of Judas Priest downloads. I get a kick out of it, but that doesn't make it any less commercial pap. It's certainly not culture, and neither is half the stuff people listen to. Put it in its proper perspective, folks.Modern music is ephemeral. It's ear candy. There are great records, but for every one that you can and do listen to year in, year out, there are hundreds more that aren't - albums that you could have quite easily left in the shop and your life would be no less rich than it is now. So an album comes out and it's a copy-protected to the hilt and not supported by your preferred operating system - don't buy it. Ignore it - don't steal it - and spend your hard-earned on something else. Your life isn't suddenly going to become you don't own it.And if you still can't cope, then we're sure IFPI can find something suitable for you... |
Source: The Register
