Here is my idea: Everyone makes a private key. When they buy a song they receive the file and a digital signature by the label saying they sold it to your private key. When you are caught with a bunch of songs, you have to prove ownership using your key. Tadaa provable ownership, no blockchain, You loose the file, but still have the signature? You can download it again and all is good.
Ok, what next?
xkcd comics are available under a CC-By-NC 2.5 licence, so you’ve successfully pirated by not including attribution (as long as people can’t tell at a glance that it’s xkcd from the art style or comment thread you posted it to), but to seal the deal, it’d be a crime to sell it.
Small note: iTunes doesn’t have DRM anymore (since 2009)
Apple Music (the subscription) has DRM though, but you should never have a collection on a subscription service, because it can go away at any time
Yes, exactly. The comic was published on October 13, 2008, according to Explain XKCD, that’s probably why iTunes is in it.
Buy CDs.
Sony would like to have a word.
You mean those things that get scratched all the time and not have their revenue go towards the artist anyway?
Fun things, under some legislation, ripping your own CD is not necessarily legal.
Source: xkcd.com/488
But this was already literally a link to that URL
Still useful just in case some client is weird
No it’s not
Last time I bought audiobooks I got them from Downpour which included DRM-free downloads as either MP3 or M4B files, in addition to listening through the website or app. I believe Libro.fm may also offer this. Most of my ebooks are through Kobo and are DRM free as well.
Does depend in some cases on the publisher.
Support creators though. Especially if the thing you pirate isn’t from a soulless corporation. This is why creators should always have something like a ko-fi or Patreon page. So I can pay them directly if I enjoyed their work.
Dox them and send an envelope with cash.
I buy most of my music from Qobuz or Bandcamp. Perfectly DRM-free with lossless compression, and it’s mine forever.
And that’s why Bandcamp exists. No DRM, whatever format you like and you support the artist.
Oh man. One time, at band camp…🐈⬛ 🪈
Yes? Did something happen at band camp?
Let’s hope the new owners won’t destroy it.
I have to download pirated video games otherwise I can’t play them offline on my handheld. They also launch 10x faster. I learnt that you can’t use everything you own a copy of offline!
Which handheld, and what are 3 examples of games that launch 10x faster?
I use a mix of Goldberg emulator and GOG i prefer Steam though. Mostly for valves Proton compatibility layer and all that valve does for linux gaming. So if a game is drm free on steam i get it there.
Fuck denuvo tho that shit needs to die in a fire.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought everybody was making a big deal over Civ 7 getting an official release because denuvo doesn’t work on linux?
I read people saying the lack of denuvo made the linux version the best version just for the fact that it’s the PC release without denuvo?
Did I misunderstand?
Always knew xkcd is a bro
I buy CDs and rip them into lossless myself unless it’s not available and then I’ll sail
I saw someone on YouTube pissed that they bought 700 ebooks from Amazon and now that they enforce a harder DRM he can’t read them anymore.
Bruh, you voted with your wallet to get DRM in your ebooks. You can’t complain if one day they change the encryption
I fully believe that if you paid for something, it gives you the right to go pirate another copy.
The vast majority of the public hsve no idea what you just said.
Their brain goes “I like book. I buy book! No more book? But I buy book!”
I agree, but I also sort of think that’s fair enough. The fact that most people “buying” ebooks don’t understand what their transaction implies suggests a major market failing.
With Amazons pending change to not allow ebook downloads, I downloaded all mine. I then tried to convert them to epub format and a little over half converted. I only have 80 though, I can’t imagine doing that for 700.
But I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face?!
I think we have to thank people like this for demonstrating that losing your collection isn’t just a theoretical risk.
PSA: Download all your kindle books. Even if you don’t plan on cracking their DRM, you’ll have the option to in the future should you want to.
Though do it before the end of the month! Amazon is taking that option away
Based xkcd
I have all of his books in physical format. Would recommend.
