Earlier this month we started a discussion whether to pay or not to pay for music. Two insiders gave their opinions and told us that DRM is slowly dissapearing and DRM-free is becoming today's standard. During last week's Digital Hollywood conference in Los Angeles the RIAA said that DRM is here to stay. Will the RIAA push its technology to the limits, or are our insiders wrong?
Four months ago Sony BMG started selling DRM-free music on Amazon.com following as last major label to offer 'free' music. “I made a list of the 22 ways to sell music and 20 of them still require DRM. Any form of subscription service or limited play-per-view or advertising offer still requires DRM. So DRM is not dead,” said David Hughes of the RIAA to Exclaim.ca. Hughes believes that single song MP3 purchases will be phased out and taken over by subscription-based music services.
Subscription-based services usually allows unlimited downloads for a monthly fee. When the subscription stops, the music stops. Currently the RIAA is doing their uttermost best to help DRM stay alive.
DRM has become a non-issue these days. People can just rip their CDs to MP3 or download for free from peer-to-peer sites. The music industry is slitting their own throats by annoying us like this. If I went to buy a new car at Ford and then they told me only I could drive it, and nobody else, what do you think would happen? That's right, I wouldn't buy that car. Same deal here.
@DukeNukem;
Nice analogy.. I would compare DRM to buying a Lamborghini Murcielago with a speed limiter set to 55mph.. Expensive and restrictive..@ Hypnosis4U2NV
Here's a better one. You go to a strip joint to see women with big, naked breasts, but their nipples are covered with DRM pasties. Wow, now I'm really getting mad.
This message was edited at: 14-05-2008 22:04
@Hypnosis4U2NV
LOL!!!
As long there is DRM, there will be people, that make money, beating it. They will always beat it because nothing is 100% unbeatable. Plus, as long as someone can hear the music, they can copy it. So let them spend mucho millions trying to limit our use. It will be wasted money.
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