Germany’s Musicload dumps DRM
p2pnet.net news:- Heise Online is suffering from a slight misconception about Apple’s intentions vis-a-vis DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control.
Germany’s Musicload is, “following the example set by Apple and doing away with digital copy protection” says Heise.
Apple isn’t, of course, doing away with anything, least of all DRM. Steve Jobs has merely zeroed in on DRM as a PR ploy, pretending to blame copyright protection technology, one of Apple’s favourite items of software, on the Big 4 music cartel.
Be that as it may, on the cover of the current issue of “forward,” a periodic newsletter sent to media representatives, “T-Online’s online music shop openly speaks of a ‘comeback for MP3s,’ says Heise, going on:
“The newsletter says experts agree that the music industry will only be able to reach its goal of selling around 25 percent of its music via the Internet by 2010 if open standards are used. In contrast, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems currently used, including at Musicload, ‘make it hard for consumers to use music and prevent the market for legal downloads from becoming a mass market’.”
The Musicload newsletter also mentions,”lack of interoperability between systems thus hampers competition,” which is, “slowing down the growth of digital music sales.
It, “even states that problems that users have when trying to play songs they have purchased are ‘due to DRM in three out of four cases’,” says Heise, adding, “The portal has therefore entered into negotiations with representatives on the music industry ‘to develop alternatives together’.”
Good luck.
Also See:
Heise Online – Musicload to get rid of DRM, March 18, 2007
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March 19th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
nothing to do with this but look at one of your sponsors – Warez. check what their wiki has been saying for ages:
http://wiki.warez.com/index.php?title=WarezP2P:Support
and how their forums are completely overrun with spam
http://forum.warez.com/
and how none of the admins have been around the forums for months
and how the latest thing added to the homepage is like last september or something
and how the client doesn’t work anymore
dead as a dead thing that’s dead
March 19th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I know. They don’t respond to emails either. But thanks …
Cheers!