Comments on: Enders Analysis on music industry: DRM, piracy red herrings http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Watching television illegally online and illegal music downloads « My Blog http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/comment-page-1/#comment-1023091 Watching television illegally online and illegal music downloads « My Blog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:12:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6415#comment-1023091 [...] Table taken from http://www.teleread.com/2007/04/12/ender-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/ [...] [...] Table taken from http://www.teleread.com/2007/04/12/ender-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/ [...]

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/comment-page-1/#comment-316554 Rob Preece Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:52:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6415#comment-316554 Assuming you're serious, the question/problem is allowing artists, authors, editors, publishers, and producers to make money and get a return on an investment that is easy for people to appropriate without payment. DRM's intent, as I understand it, is to manage use of digital rights. Unfortunately, applications of DRM have, to date, resulted in the inability to use legally acquired intellectual property, support costs for retailers, and 'orphaned' files when the original vendors go out of business, when customers change PCs, or when they wish to transfer their file to a new operating system or reader device. Simply saying 'no DRM' doesn't eliminate the problem DRM was created to solve--but, as I said, I don't think DRM solves it, either. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com Assuming you’re serious, the question/problem is allowing artists, authors, editors, publishers, and producers to make money and get a return on an investment that is easy for people to appropriate without payment.

DRM’s intent, as I understand it, is to manage use of digital rights. Unfortunately, applications of DRM have, to date, resulted in the inability to use legally acquired intellectual property, support costs for retailers, and ‘orphaned’ files when the original vendors go out of business, when customers change PCs, or when they wish to transfer their file to a new operating system or reader device.

Simply saying ‘no DRM’ doesn’t eliminate the problem DRM was created to solve–but, as I said, I don’t think DRM solves it, either.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: Branko Collin http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/comment-page-1/#comment-315043 Branko Collin Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:01:35 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6415#comment-315043 <blockquote>DRM is not the answer, but going DRM-free isn’t the solution, either.</blockquote> What is the question/problem again?

DRM is not the answer, but going DRM-free isn’t the solution, either.

What is the question/problem again?

]]> By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/comment-page-1/#comment-313645 Rob Preece Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6415#comment-313645 Certainly I agree that the music industry is a mess--partly of their own making. I'd be careful about the pricing thing, though. Part of Apple's marketing strategy is that everything is easy and that there aren't unexpected prices. Sure old songs might be sold more cheaply to take advantage of the long tail, but maybe they could be sold at higher prices reflecting the fact that if someone has gone to the trouble to look them up, they'll pay more. And unfortunately, until someone comes up with a micropayment system that works, you simply can't make money selling things for less than a buck (believe me, this is something I've learned the hard way over at BooksForABuck.com). DRM is not the answer, but going DRM-free isn't the solution, either. It's just one small step. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com Certainly I agree that the music industry is a mess–partly of their own making. I’d be careful about the pricing thing, though. Part of Apple’s marketing strategy is that everything is easy and that there aren’t unexpected prices. Sure old songs might be sold more cheaply to take advantage of the long tail, but maybe they could be sold at higher prices reflecting the fact that if someone has gone to the trouble to look them up, they’ll pay more. And unfortunately, until someone comes up with a micropayment system that works, you simply can’t make money selling things for less than a buck (believe me, this is something I’ve learned the hard way over at BooksForABuck.com).

DRM is not the answer, but going DRM-free isn’t the solution, either. It’s just one small step.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

]]> By: The All New Ewan’s Musings » Blog Archive » Times Change - Can’t The Music Industry Just Get Over It? http://www.teleread.com/drm/enders-analysis-on-music-industry-drm-piracy-red-herrings/comment-page-1/#comment-313499 The All New Ewan’s Musings » Blog Archive » Times Change - Can’t The Music Industry Just Get Over It? Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:25:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6415#comment-313499 [...] This is what happens when you allow people the ability to choose either a £15 album, or the four main tracks at £4. People are no longer buying the filling. Go on all you like about piracy, drm, evil Russian websites that have a proven digital music model, the root cause is simple. The buying public are smart. When we have the option to buy just what we want, we do. [...] [...] This is what happens when you allow people the ability to choose either a £15 album, or the four main tracks at £4. People are no longer buying the filling. Go on all you like about piracy, drm, evil Russian websites that have a proven digital music model, the root cause is simple. The buying public are smart. When we have the option to buy just what we want, we do. [...]

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