DRM contest
This is Francis.
Going on with Rick’s comment about “no DRM” I wonder if anyone reading this can come up with alternative meanings for DRM that are more accurate such as the “Destroy Retail Market” I came up with at my blog last week.
I have no idea what would be a prize for the winning other than the satisfaction of a job well done but perhaps we’ll find a goody of some sort…
January 9th, 2006 at 5:10 am
“Don’t Read Me”
January 9th, 2006 at 5:31 am
I like the Free Software Foundation’s take on it very much: “Digital Restrictions Management.”
January 10th, 2006 at 12:26 am
Digitally Restricted Media
January 10th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Dangerous Rootkits and Malware
Digital Ruthless Monopolies
January 10th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Actually, what cohort said! In publishing, that’s what DRM is. Don’t Read Me. Oh so true.
January 11th, 2006 at 8:48 am
“Defective Reading Material”
January 16th, 2006 at 5:37 am
Destroy a Respected Media
Discourage Revolution of Media
Damn Rigid Monkeys
Damned, Reviled, Media
Dictator’s Restrictive Monopoly
Denial, Rage, Mutter
Dinosaurs Re: Meteor
January 27th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Since any protection technique is doomed to failure, i think it…
Doesn’t Really Matter
BAzz
January 28th, 2006 at 2:29 am
DRM = Draconian Restrictive Monolog
January 29th, 2006 at 11:11 am
“Dumb Restriction Method”
Because it is.
Though I also really like “Don’t Read Me”.
Because I won’t. For many years I had compromised and would order books from ereader.com since their DRM is relatively light. Well, enough with compromises. I’ve gone through three different credit cards and a half-dozen devices since I first started buying palm ebooks (before ereader there was palmdigitalmedia, before palmdigitalmedia there was peanut press — I’ve been reading on my palm since the early days of peanut press) and I’m tired of dealing with the restrictions. Not to mention being locked into their reader and at their mercy for features.
Now I just buy the dead tree version and then download a “backup copy” from illicit sites online in a format I can customize and read how and where I want. Of course, I wish I could buy unencumbered ebook versions at more reasonable prices and actually support the authors more directly, which is why love Baen so much. I’ve been a long-time customer of webscriptions and I’ve been richly rewarded with the discovery of many of the excellent authors and books you publish. Over the last few years you’ve given me an alternative to DRM and I can’t thank you enough for it. I’ll try, however, with both my readership and my wallet.
490May 17th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
I rather like “Don’t Read Me.”
Alternatively,
Destructively Restricting Management
Digital Retardation of Marketing
Dogmatically Repressing Media
Disturbing Regurgitation of… Macaroons. Hm.