heystoopid wrote in with the following story on the music executives criticising DRM systems:
Yet another freaking survey, but obviously the SONY-BMG rootkit affair touched a very sore nerve with many computer users and irritated a large percentage of music lovers in todays world!
However, given a large percentage of new music released is based on an old tired formula, which is here today, gone in a heartbeat tomorrow, then to be permanently forgotten the next day, what price indeed for those that hide their heads in the sand on the sea shore when the tide comes in, only to be washed away like King Canute of old!
From the BBC: "Almost two-thirds of music industry executives think removing digital locks from downloadable music would make more people buy the tracks, finds a survey.
The Jupiter Research study looked at attitudes to Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in Europe music firms.
Many of those responding said current DRM systems were "not fit for purpose" and got in the way of what consumers wanted to do.
Despite this few respondents said DRM would disappear in the near future."
With so many surveys, we have a mountain of facts, but no one leader in the industry wants to be the first to leap into the unknown muddy waters of the future ahead of its rivals, which truly explains why the once proud EMI is now a very tired old also ran, which can't go forward due to greed and the self same greed prevents it from being an innovator as happened in the sixties
Thanks to heystoopid for submitting this story.
