A Working Economy Without DRM?

Tilted Equilibrium asks: "In a few weeks, our school will be hosting a panel on DRM with several respected individuals. In advance of the panel, I have been doing some research on the topic and thinking about it in my free time. In economics, we learn that the price of a product is determined essentially by supply and demand. Without a DRM in place, we are capable of making as many copies of a piece of content as we want and seeding it onto the net. How do you create a market for a product, and make money of a product that has a huge initial creative investment, but then no manufacturing cost, and is in infinite supply?"

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Re:How? Ask Apple

[EnsilZah]

So basically what apple is selling is not the song itself, but rather the assurance that it would be of a certain quality, the time saved on searching for it, and also the assurance that RIAA commandos won't break into your house in the middle of the night and proceed to fuck you in the ass.

Hi, my name is Lizzy Faire!

[Travoltus]

Tell it, patriot!

No profit means no music.

That's been true since the dawn of time.

[parody off]