What would be the impact of DRM-free music?

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You missed a major effect

On you number 3 effect to consumers you missed the biggest point of all. That point is DRM isn't free. It comes at a cost paid by the content creators that is passed on to the consumer. Every DRM scheme that fails is replaced with a new scheme that costs more money and that too is passed on to the consumer. If DRM is done away with the potential saving to be passed on to the consumer exist. Of course maybe that will never happen, the music industry is know for it's greed but if they want to compete with pirated music stripping DRM and using the money to add incentives to buy from legit sites would go a long ways and that's something the consumer will notice.

Posted by: voska   Posted on: 02/12/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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