Comments on: If Jobs really didn’t wanted DRM … http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12050 p2pnet.net - reader powered Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:04:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12050/comment-page-1#comment-137436 Reader's Write Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:24:33 +0000 #comment-137436 I would love DRM-free music on iTunes, from all labels. The labels may start thinking this will give them a revenue boost, as EMI seems to assume. The sad thing is, they are very mistaken. DRM-free has been available for quite some time now, so it is nothing "new." The music industry desperately needs something new -- and I think I know what. I was just reading Shelly Palmer's essay on music licensing, and he thinks the industry needs an easy, iTunes-like way to sell licenses for use in user-generated content. It's a pretty fascinating idea: http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/02/the_other_digit.html Alexandra I would love DRM-free music on iTunes, from all labels. The labels may start thinking this will give them a revenue boost, as EMI seems to assume. The sad thing is, they are very mistaken. DRM-free has been available for quite some time now, so it is nothing “new.”

The music industry desperately needs something new — and I think I know what. I was just reading Shelly Palmer’s essay on music licensing, and he thinks the industry needs an easy, iTunes-like way to sell licenses for use in user-generated content.

It’s a pretty fascinating idea:
http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/02/the_other_digit.html

Alexandra

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