Comments on: Why DRM Will Kill Mobile Music

By: Welcome to the Monkey House

Welcome to the Monkey House — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:07:10 +0000

DRM…

…sucks, sucks, sucks.¨Ü It’s basically music companies ripping you off, deceiving you, and refusing to give you what you paid for.¨Ü If you’re a record company, cut that shit out.¨Ü If you’re a consumer, don’t stand for it.The way of the future for music d

By: Copyfight

Copyfight — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:07:59 +0000

Dave Matthews Band v. DRM?

Via the Pho list, the Dave Matthews Band giving fans directions for dealing with DRM-hobbled CDs and encouraging them to appeal to Apple to collaborate with others on an easier way to move music to the iPod: INFORMATION REGARDING DOWNLOADING…

By: BusinessModelInnovation BusinessModelDesign

BusinessModelInnovation BusinessModelDesign — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:49:31 +0000

I want my iTunes subscription service!

Great post over at BusinessWeek’s Tech Beat on the business model innovation issues Apple is facing.
Well put, but there is more to it: even as Apple concentrates on the sell-the-hardware-model of old, enhanced by iTMS it still needs alternativ…

By: Anders.com: Interesting Technology

Anders.com: Interesting Technology — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 05:00:22 +0000

Killing your own children…

DRM only punishes the legitimate customer. People will always find a way around DRM, so we all might as well just forget about it.

By: Parking in Bitterman Circle

Parking in Bitterman Circle — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:41:33 +0000

Oh, maybe they’ll just kill it themselves…

from Om Malik : Then there’s digital rights management…

By: Starxxon

Starxxon — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:56:59 +0000

oops, that should have read:

Apple sold 1 million songs in FOUR DAYS when they unveiled the iTMS in JAPAN.

By: Starxxon

Starxxon — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 05:54:41 +0000

Remember that the iPod plays MP3’s and that’s why this is different from mobile phones. It’s also because of that that the “iPod Tax” concept doesn’t make sense. “iTunes Music Store RIAA imposed Tax” would be more appropriate.

As for mobile music being big in Japan, 10 millions downloads in 6 months?

Apple sold 1 million songs in FOUR DAYS when they unveiled the iTMS.

While working on a survey from some company, we’ve found that most people don’t want to listen to music on their cell phones. Also, most people are getting really annoyed at all the extra features pushed by cell phone companies.

I guess that all the cool kids could prove me wrong (they like these “features”), but that’s why Apple has this partnership with Motorola, just in case

By: Master Cheeze

Master Cheeze — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:04:22 +0000

I am a local moron. But I can say with out any knowledge about DRM that something that smells like a bad thing usually is a bad thing. I don’t necessarily condemn it, however, I think there is a hassle factor that has to be acknowledged. I mean let’s look at the average joe, I don’t have a padlock on my fridge, my drinks and other stuff like Mel Gibson in the “Conspiracy Theory” movie. Why? because it’s stupid. I do lock my house, it feels safe. But isn’t DRM a little like having someone else’s locks on every little piece of software that you own? I think if they are going to go all ape, they should extend cool services like, I don’t know, re-issue you CD’s for life. You only have to buy one copy and you will always have access to it from their archives anywhere. Then this “Music” service is available at the gym where you work out, at work, or at home, or on your TV. It has a continous count of how many times you listen to it. Maybe, they offer you a special discount if you have a history of buying during certain times or from certain authors alot. I mean with the advent of TIVO, advertisers are hurting to get products to the consumer. Businesses need to rethink their business models from telling people about the products and services to providing services that advertise themselves. I could think of more, but I just thought that needed to be said. I mean really, look at Divx, who did they think they were making us pay for the RIGHT to view a movie again? It’s like a slap in the face or a knee to the groin! People don’t pay because they like spending money, they pay because something they saw had value.

By: Sharkmart

Sharkmart — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 03:46:56 +0000

Digital Rights in the US and Korea

After querying my colleagues on the state of affairs in Korea, I found that the majority of downloaded music still comes to PCs in MP3 format over unrestricted P2P networks (they estimated over 50% for this). Most people still listen to unprotected m…

By: Dogger

Dogger — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:43:49 +0000

“Obviously your argument needs more work if such diametrically opposed solutions are equally valid.”

Obviously your grasp of logic needs more work if you think that the above statement is valid.