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Originally Posted by aom3
Barence takes us to PCPro for a look at the failures of DRM and a discussion of its impending death.
Quoting: "Luckily, DRM is dying, at least in the download sphere. Napster's Dan Nash believes that DRM-free is 'the general way things are going.' In his opinion, record companies 'have no choice but to adapt;' those that 'stick to DRM on a pay-per-download basis will not remain competitive.' In the US, Napster has joined Amazon in selling DRM-free content in MP3 format from all the major labels. ... Going DRM-free makes sense not just for consumers, but for the industry. Deutche Telekom says three out of four technical support calls its Musicload service had to deal with were the result of DRM. And when it offered a DRM-free option to artists they saw a 40% increase in sales."
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Nice article on DRM and the drama that it causes. I couldn't help but laugh about the iTunes "forgetting" since it reminded me of an entry on Will Wheatons' blog where he lost his entire collection because iTunes forgot and all the steps he had to go through to get his music back. It would be interesting if there was a compiled list of all the different DRM techniques that the Music Industry has used. I have had personal experience with the Cactus Data Shield DRM (as a retail computer tech) which messed with CD's played in computers. After demonstrating the issue to management, the customer was refunded for the price of the CD and ironically, the CD was pulled about a week later for "compatibility issues".
Good find!
