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14 February 2007The rattling of the keysThe smallest of the Big Four record companies is contemplating dumping Digital Rights Management altogether, and at least one vendor is predicting a sales boom:
Yahoo Music general manager Dave Goldberg predicts that by Christmas, most of Yahoo's catalog will be DRM-free.
"The labels understand that DRM has to go," he says. "It's nothing but a tax on digital consumers. There's good momentum behind DRM going away." He says sales would increase by 15% to 20% without DRM.
Maybe. I haven't run into too many DRM issues — well, one, actually — so I don't think I'm suddenly going to run out and download tons more stuff, presumably at the same price, just because it's going to be a tad easier to use. On the other hand, Microsoft just loves DRM, and anything that perturbs Microsoft can't be all bad, can it? "On the other hand, Microsoft just loves DRM, and anything that perturbs Microsoft can't be all bad, can it?" Indeed. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 8:19 AM on 14 February 2007I don't think I'm suddenly going to run out and download tons more stuff, presumably at the same price, just because it's going to be a tad easier to use. If I can get the files either already as .mp3 or easily convertible to .mp3 without having to burn and rip an audio CD, I'd be happy if they weren't charging extra. Posted by: McGehee at 10:00 AM on 14 February 2007 |