Comments on: The RIAA shoots itself in the foot again http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/ and I mean it Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:03 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: blog.forret.com | Invent, don’t inhibit http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 blog.forret.com | Invent, don’t inhibit Sat, 27 May 2006 06:33:02 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/16/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/#comment-2140 [...] Nothing remarkable was done with commercial digital music distribution until 2003, when Apple started its iTunes Music Store. If anything, it showed that the consumer was ready to pay for digital music if the right (portable) carrier was there and if he could pick and choose at a transparent, predictable and reasonable price. Reaction of the majors on this first really successful initiative (that they didn’t sue - yet): we need variable (higher) pricing , less iPod and more DRM. [...] [...] Nothing remarkable was done with commercial digital music distribution until 2003, when Apple started its iTunes Music Store. If anything, it showed that the consumer was ready to pay for digital music if the right (portable) carrier was there and if he could pick and choose at a transparent, predictable and reasonable price. Reaction of the majors on this first really successful initiative (that they didn’t sue – yet): we need variable (higher) pricing , less iPod and more DRM. [...]

]]> By: Mich http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Mich Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:36:00 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/16/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/#comment-392 Another article about the RIAA and digital content: <a HREF="http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/riaa-warns-consumers-of-selling-pre-loaded-ipods/" rel="nofollow">http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/riaa-warns-consumers-of-selling-pre-loaded-ipods/</A> Another article about the RIAA and digital content:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/riaa-warns-consumers-of-selling-pre-loaded-ipods/

]]> By: miss rogue http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/comment-page-1/#comment-391 miss rogue Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:42:00 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/16/the-riaa-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-again/#comment-391 I wouldn't look at Apple as the ideal. Their DRM is getting worse and worse, and you better believe they are in bed with the RIAA to be in the position they are today. Try copying a song you buy from your laptop to another laptop (say, you upgrade), then your iPod...etc. You will run out of licenses for every iTunes song quickly. CDs, we can keep them forever...but even those are including DRM programs now. I think the guy who knows what needs to be done is Mark Cuban. He's been a big opponent of DRM and will truly bring the entertainment biz into the new millenium. I wouldn’t look at Apple as the ideal. Their DRM is getting worse and worse, and you better believe they are in bed with the RIAA to be in the position they are today. Try copying a song you buy from your laptop to another laptop (say, you upgrade), then your iPod…etc. You will run out of licenses for every iTunes song quickly. CDs, we can keep them forever…but even those are including DRM programs now.

I think the guy who knows what needs to be done is Mark Cuban. He’s been a big opponent of DRM and will truly bring the entertainment biz into the new millenium.

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