This ones got some fire in it
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=1964092The record industry needs DRM more than the movie industry does, because it needs a surefire way to keep people from copying the one good song from an album. It needs the leverage of that one good song to continue to gouge the public with high prices. In many instances, the one good song per album actually amounts to the user spending $15-$18 for one song, since the other ones are junk. The record industry folks hate iTunes and other single-song distribution mechanisms for this reason. They've even suggested that certain singles be sold for more money than usual. They are trying to recoup all the money they would have made selling albums with one good song and 13 pieces of crap.
Hmm I think most of us guessed that one ..lol
I would also like to mention that CD sales actually increased during the heyday of Napster. When Napster was shut down, CD sales fell.
Recording executives will tell you that CD sales would have increased even more without Napster and they fell later because, uh, they just did.
Let's not forget the VCR and the fact that the recorded movie ended up becoming the most profitable aspect of the movie business.
That happened despite efforts by executives to ban VCRs when they were introduced.
So here's the deal: Screw these jokers. They won't listen to reason.
I agree in principal with all this guy has to say, greed must not be the deciding factor in entertaining folks, the desire to please the consumer/viewer/listener has been traded for the desire to please themselves, the greed wagon rolls on ...
