m1abrams Wrote:
> That is NOT what DRM is for. You can sell music without DRM, just RIAA
> would have you believe that is impossible. However they have been
> selling music for years without DRM until recently. DRM is a feabile
> attempt for them to CONTROL the music that you bought. However you
> should think to yourself, if I bought the content shouldn't I be the
> one to state how I use it? With DRM you sign a license and in the case
> of iTunes it allows them to change how you are allowed to listen to the
> music. Note that most if not all DRM music is not supportted on Linux
> or other "non-standard" environments.
DRM is about rights management, as its name indicates ("Digital Rights
Management"). As with any copyrighted materials (digital or not),
copying and distributing without the copyright owner's consent (or
royalty fee) is illegal. Prior to digital file sharing and the
Internet, mass distribution of perfect copies of the original material
was an expensive proposition. It took a large investment to make high
quality copies of music, and physical distribution was also expensive.
But with digital music and the Internet, making perfect copies and
distributing it to wide audiences is very simple. So from this
perspective, DRM *is* very important to the survival of the music
industry.
If you look at music from countries that are notorious for piracy (eg.
a lot of Asian countries), you can see the effect piracy and copyright
infringement has on the music industry. Because pirated CDs are
available almost instantly after a commercial CD is released, artists
are forced into releasing 4-5 CDs of new material a year and hope that
there is some set of their audience that is willing to pay for the new
CD...after 2-3 months, pirated versions are available everywhere (even
in big retail stores), so the chances of actually selling a legit CD at
regular price is nil. But coming up with 60 minutes of music every 2-3
months isn't easy...and the result is often some pretty crappy music
being released. A good implementation of DRM would help this.
That said, to date there has not been a *good* implementation of DRM.
All the DRM solutions that have been attempted are clunky and intrusive
to consumers trying to enjoy music.
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PhilNYC
Sonic Spirits Inc.
http://www.sonicspirits.com
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