____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 08 August 2007 16:48 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Survey says: only DRM-free music is worth paying for
>>
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>>| One of the largest surveys of music consumers to closely examine the
>>| question of Digital Rights Management (DRM) has an important two-part
>>| message for the music industry. The first is that DRM is definitely turning
>>| consumers off music sales, and charging them extra to get rid of it may be
>>| an uphill battle. The second message is that knowledge of DRM and its
>>| problems is spreading fast.
>> `----
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070805-survey-says-only-drm-free-music-is-worth-paying-for.html
>>
>> A plot by software makers to create platform lock-ins?
>>
>
> This is very important, because it undermines one of the few lock-in
> areas which Microsoft were hoping would keep it in business taxing
> people going forward, equally, it shoots canyon-wide gaping holes in the
> claims of the BBC Trust that DRM is required; the fact is that nobody
> wants it, and that they're wasting /my/ money paying the Microsoft
> people for a Microsoft-only Microsoft iPlayer.
Will you be in London to protest by any chance? The arrogant Softies won't
mind, but a Green Party MP will speak and generate some press coverage.
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~~ Best of wishes
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