Are you suggesting the only people who oppose DRM are those interested in free music?
Nope.
Simply, the DRM is inconvenient more than anything else.
Yes, clearly.
Firstly many millions of CDs have been sold without DRM and labels have been able to make good profits.
Sure, but things are changing over time. I don't necessarily like the idea of DRM, but I think the iTunes version of it is pretty fair overall -- a reasonable compromise.
It's easy to say "I don't want to be restricted," but that doesn't get us anywhere near a compromise with the existing record industry. Maybe the current industry will disappear and we'll start from scratch with a new model. For now, though, this is the one we have.
Secondly, there are some great examples of labels selling non-DRM encumbered music and doing very well at it. www.bleep.com sell music from a heap of labels. Their policy is no DRM. I know that they're doing very well.
This is encouraging, but it's all very vague information, so I can't use it to reach any conclusions.
by Scott Stevenson — Oct 13
Nope.
Simply, the DRM is inconvenient more than anything else.
Yes, clearly.
Firstly many millions of CDs have been sold without DRM and labels have been able to make good profits.
Sure, but things are changing over time. I don't necessarily like the idea of DRM, but I think the iTunes version of it is pretty fair overall -- a reasonable compromise.
It's easy to say "I don't want to be restricted," but that doesn't get us anywhere near a compromise with the existing record industry. Maybe the current industry will disappear and we'll start from scratch with a new model. For now, though, this is the one we have.
Secondly, there are some great examples of labels selling non-DRM encumbered music and doing very well at it. www.bleep.com sell music from a heap of labels. Their policy is no DRM. I know that they're doing very well.
This is encouraging, but it's all very vague information, so I can't use it to reach any conclusions.