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NYT Opinion Piece on DRM And P2P

Posted by Zonk on from the good-morning-music dept.

bsartist writes "The NYT is running an opinion piece written by a working musician who has a pretty healthy dislike of copy protection and DRM. From the article: 'As for musicians, we are left to wonder how many more people could be listening to our music if it weren't such a hassle, and how many more iPods might have our albums on them if our labels hadn't sabotaged our releases with cumbersome software.'"

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  1. "how many more people could be listening..." by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 0, Troll

    Um, we are listening to your music. We're just not paying. That's the point.

  2. Re:Dead to Me by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thanks for the advice, but I think you missed my point. I bought those GD DVDs, because I downloaded a firstclass copy of a different video for free (that cost the GD nothing to make, market or distribute). While the GD and the entertainment industry fight the P2P process that was responsible for me buying their product. Which sucked, unlike the free one. Clearly the entertainment industry is wasting its time on exactly the wrong work.

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