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February 19, 2007

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Macrovision “open letter” lameness

Posted Feb. 19, ’07, 5:04 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | iTunes » iTunes Store

Macrovision Jobs woke many sleeping giants with his open letter concerning DRM. I suppose it was only a matter of time until Macrovision had to speak up. You know them. They made the copy protection that makes analog video all screwed up. Your basic pain in the butt. They’re published their own open letter. Here’s a tip for Macrovision’s CEO Fred Amoroso. You’re not a rock star like Steve Jobs. Imitating him just looks lame.

At Macrovision we are willing to lead this industry effort. We offer to assist Apple in the issues and problems with DRM that you state in your letter. Should you desire, we would also assume responsibility for FairPlay as a part of our evolving DRM offering and enable it to interoperate across other DRMs, thus increasing consumer choice and driving commonality across devices.

My translation: “You’ve done all the work in setting up this capable DRM system and we’d like for you to give it to us for free as we’ve become largely irrelevant.” I’d translate more, but once again Gruber has nailed it. I really wish Amoroso used his head and hadn’t published this inane pseudo-speak letter.


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