Cop out of a post, but there’s just too much goodness:
75 percent of support calls for Deutsche Telekom’s music service are DRM-related
David Byrne goes my way and argues labels ought to use music as a loss leader for merch and ticket sales
RIAA loses/wins Consumerist.org’s worst company showdown
Wheels are falling off, but the RIAA doesn’t care:
- “DRM and Democracy” (not new idea, but something that needs to be kept in mind)
- Russia’ WTO membership held up due to online music download site; this is old news but media outlets just picking up on it now
- DRM deemed unreasonable to consumers
- Incompetence of [...]
With all the hubbub regarding Sony’s DRM CDs and rootkit, I thought I’d post a link to an article I wrote when the CDs were first released. Oddly, few people covered the initial story.
“It’s Mine, All Mine” – 20050617
As an aside, music will be free in five to 10 years. Albums are a promotional vehicle [...]
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