arstechnica.com— Ty Roberts, CTO of Gracenote, made the claim this week that the music industry was "about to cave in the next six months" on the issue of DRM, at least when it comes to downloads.
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@venom8599: Yes, but this is the RIAA we're talking about. By their logic, poplar tracks, which are in high demand, need to cost more to cover the demand for them! Unpopular tracks, which are in low demand. need to cost more to cover to cost of making them available.
@Philluminati - so you have to be poor to not want to be raped by the industries rediculously high prices? I could afford to buy a new CD every day, but at 15$ a pop? NO f**kING WAY. It is not about what you can afford - it is about wanting to pay what something is really worth.
drm is a total waste of time:1. anybody get get pretty much any music from p2p networks or bittorrent2. i have yet to be stopped from turning CDs into mp3s.yes i know this article indicates DRM on music that is purchased online, but if you can purchase it, odds are very favorable that the same content is available on p2p networks.
littlebylittleApr 26, 2007
'bout effing time. They were going to have to sooner or later.
vincenoirApr 26, 2007
PICS or it didn't happen! ;P LOLZ!!!!!!``11112`221`11`1`Sorry, I've been spending too much time reading Digg. Oh wait...-Signed a True Slashdot Fan
venom8599Apr 26, 2007
I wish.
kevinb1577Apr 26, 2007
haha, yep, the music industry will simontaniously collapse with DRMand it will be epic.
wonderchemistApr 26, 2007
@venom8599: Yes, but this is the RIAA we're talking about. By their logic, poplar tracks, which are in high demand, need to cost more to cover the demand for them! Unpopular tracks, which are in low demand. need to cost more to cover to cost of making them available.
sodadeApr 26, 2007
@Philluminati - so you have to be poor to not want to be raped by the industries rediculously high prices? I could afford to buy a new CD every day, but at 15$ a pop? NO f**kING WAY. It is not about what you can afford - it is about wanting to pay what something is really worth.
monkeywizardApr 27, 2007
Uh, no it won't.I mean, we all wish that, but it won't.
beersApr 27, 2007
drm is a total waste of time:1. anybody get get pretty much any music from p2p networks or bittorrent2. i have yet to be stopped from turning CDs into mp3s.yes i know this article indicates DRM on music that is purchased online, but if you can purchase it, odds are very favorable that the same content is available on p2p networks.