DRM Suit Tossed in Finland

Finnish court rules DVD DRM 'ineffective,' chucks suits Helsinki judges not wowed by CSS protection by Jeremy Kirk May 29, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A Finnish court ruling is prompting questions over the wording of a European copyright directive that prohibits publishing information that could enable illegal DVD copying. (ComputerWorld)

What is surprising is that Digital Rights Management is supposed to be the savior of the music and video industry. What is not surprising is that it is easily broken and as the judges in tech savvy Finland have ruled, never really worked well to begin with.

The RIAA and MPAA have been going after music and movie pirates for years. While I understand the amount of money being lost issue, I still come back around to a much more core problem. Neither the music nor the movie industry has really released much in the way of quality stuff in the last few dozen years and the stuff that people want, they are refusing to rerelease in a media format that is current. So tell me again why I should be supporting their efforts to go after some kids that broke their glass bottle? If they were really serious, they would join the 21st century and find a way to actually make money off of downloads, instead of whining about it.