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Re: JHymn Goes Behind Atoms and Apple To Bring DRM-Free Music
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by Anonymous on Jan 27, 2005 - 03:30 PM
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It would not surprise me if they have already started showing up. Further, if they have and if Apple has more watermark technology out there, I suspect they know.
The incentive to buy, rather than steal, music has never been availability, but cost and performance. In other words, stolen music was cheaper and was usually better suited to the consumer than purchased music. If nothing else, it lacked DRM and one could grab only the one song you desire from an artist.
The ITMS offers a way for honest music customers to listen to song clips, then buy just the song they want. It still has DRM, which is kind of a pain if you want to protect your ability to listen to it on another OS, or in another format. Thus, it offers some of the P2P benefits, without the theft, but with the DRM.
That said, I have purchased 150 some on individual tracks, as well as dozens of physical CDs, since the ITMS debuted. The DRM is not that onerous, though I do usually strip it away to make sure I can play it in the future.
We would live in a better world if the record labels liked and trusted their customers, but that is not our world. We do what we can in the world we find ourselves in. Me, I give to the EFF.
Scott
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Re: JHymn Goes Behind Atoms and Apple To Bring DRM-Free Music
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by Anonymous on Jan 28, 2005 - 12:53 AM
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Why does everyone think that p2p networks make sales go down?
buymusic.com offers me music for $0.79 per track. It's TOTALLY worth it to pay 79 cents for a song.
On the other hand, it was NEVER worth it to me to pay $20 for a CD that had a bunch of shit on it and one track I liked.
Most people will follow the rules and purchase the music legitimately if it's at a fair price.
osd@darkpixel.com
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