Comments on: If Jobs really didn’t wanted DRM … http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12050 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company news games video games game consoles security marketing DRM Internet radio web radio Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12050#comment-137436 Reader's Write Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:24:33 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12050#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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