MLB fans left out in the cold due to DRM
6:11 PM EST Wednesday, November 7 2007
I'm just posting a a link to this to hopefully raise awareness. The story basically is MLB sold DRM protected videos in 2006, those videos no longer work because the license server is no longer active and MLB has no plans to restore the license server or refund customers their money. This is a great example of why DRM is flawed and why I've never purchased DRM protected digital content in my life.
And as for the MLB, my only experience with them was a trial period for their MLB TV product. I had to give a credit card number to activate the trial, which I never should have done. The service did not work well, probably due to my bandwidth, but I knew I didn't want it. I sent an email to have my trial canceled immediately. I sent follow up emails to make sure the trial was canceled and sure enough, once the trial period ended, my card was charged anyway. Bottom line, don't pay any money to access any of MLB's digital content, they have no clue what they are doing.
