theregister.co.uk — Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink Floyd's first manager. Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury, Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum. And he doesn't pull his punches.
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neithernetNov 4, 2006
DRM may be dead, but its corpse is still thrashing around in Windows and iPods.
fluffyarmadaNov 4, 2006
Could you explain why?
ginrummyNov 5, 2006
Pink Floyd's former manager? Dugg. :D
psilanthropistNov 5, 2006
a few weeks back, there was an article that said "the cd is dead" and now someone comes along and says "drm is dead".make up your f**king minds!
millernjNov 8, 2006
Digg parent down. If you RTFA, you'll discover that this isn't a compulsory tax at all. You can opt out. If you want to use broadband for surfing and using iTunes Store, you won't pay a penny.But for the rest of us who want to share music, $3 a month legalizes P2P file swapping. Most ISPs will absorb the fee because it's good business; and greater volumes drive up subscriptions. So most people won't see any price hike at all.Your comment shows that you don't really trust the free market to deliver.
millernjNov 8, 2006
We're not stuck with it:" Mike Smith, managing director of Columbia Records UK, predicted that the rights management regime would be gone within a year. "- <a class="user" href="http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1940295,00.html">http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1940295,00.html</a>DRM: Going, going ... gone!