Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 16 October 2007 15:48 : \____
>
>> iTunes DRM-Free Tracks Now Same Price As DRM Tracks
>>
>> .----
>> | jawtheshark writes "Apple has made the decision to revise the
>> | pricing of Plus songs on the iTunes Music store. Whereas previously
>> | the DRM-less tracks were more expensive than the 'normal' option
>> | (at $1.29 vs. $0.99), DRM-less tracks bought via ITMS will now be
>> | priced on the same level as DRM'd tracks.
>> `----
>>
>> http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/170654029/article.pl
>>
>> Soon there just won't be any point in buying Defective Recording Music
>> (was there ever?). Where does this leave Microsoft with its NotSoSure®
>> technology? Now, if only the MS-BCC could be so easily enlightened...
>
> Aside from Microsoft's selfish interests (Microsoft said that it loves DRM),
> MSBBC execs could argue that video is different from audio (it's not), but
> that's changing as well...
Well, Microsoft will clearly argue this for as long as possible. So
far, they've had £60 million from the BBC, I'm sure that they could
squeeze another £40 million without too much trouble. Mr Highfield and
his ex-Microsoft friends seem happy to spend our licence-fee money this
way.
How many people are the BBC making redundant at the moment? It's
certainly several hundred or more.
>
> Paramount: DRM may not (at least right now) please consumers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| "Interoperability (presents) an impediment to digital distribution," he said
>| during remarks at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit. "I'm
>| pretty confident that in the end solutions will be found. It's just a
>| question of how much heat and pressure we feel before we see the light."
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764237-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
>
> Interop instead of standards. Where have we heard that before?
>
The recorded music industry has relied on re-selling the same catalogue
more or less since the rise of jazz, blues and rock and roll in the US,
and its subsequent popularity across the planet.
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