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Big Content: ludicrous to expect DRMed music to work forever
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| Rightsholders can't understand why people who bought DRMed music only to have
| the authentication servers go dark might demand the right to crack the DRM.
| Big Content believes the idea that rightsholders "are required to provide
| consumers with perpetual access to copyrighted works" is laughable. Ha ha.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/big-content-ridiculous-to-expect-drmed-music-to-work-forever.ars
Once Again, Congress Wants To Blame Limewire For Stupid Staffers, As Arts+Labs
Propaganda Campaign Works
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| This started a few years ago, when suddenly grandstanding Congress-folk
| started blaming Limewire for "leaking" a confidential terrorist threat
| assessment. Of course, that was misguided. The problem wasn't Limewire (or
| any file sharing software), but idiotic gov't employees who (a) put file
| sharing software on gov't computers (b) didn't properly wall off the software
| and (c) put confidential info where it could be shared. Earlier this year,
| suddenly, the issue came up again (again targeting Limewire). It was
| instigated by some aggressive entertainment industry lobbyists, who have
| concocted this huge story about how Limewire is to blame. And politicians
| always seem willing to buy it.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090729/1959315704.shtml
Recent:
UK Music Industry’s Own Economist Says Revenue Up 4.7%!
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| Consumers spent less on recorded music, down 6% since 2007, but concert
| ticket sales have grown by some 13% as the industry as whole slowly evolves
| and adapts to digital distribution.
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http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86724/uk-music-economist-says-music-industry-revenue-up-4-7/
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