EMI — Ditching DRM is Going To Cost You

33rpm writes "EMI has told online music stores that selling its catalog without DRM is going to cost them a lot of money. 'EMI is the only major record label to seriously consider abandoning the disaster that is DRM, but earlier reports that focused on the company's reformist attitude apparently missed the mark: EMI is willing to lose the DRM, but they demand a considerable advance payment to make it happen. EMI has backed out of talks for now because no one will pay what they're asking.'"

Comments

Hello EMI.

[Anonymous Coward]

Gooooodbye.

dashes

[Skadet]

EMI &mdash Ditching DRM is Going To Cost You

As are en dashes and semicolons ;)

Not mdash!

[Virak]

I knew EMI was a bunch of greedy bastards, and I'm not surprised about that; however, I find it very troubling that mdash, an *excellent* HTML entity, has turned to the dark side like this. Really, I never saw it coming.

Re:Not mdash!

[Anonymous Coward]

I knew EMI was a bunch of greedy bastards, and I'm not surprised about that; however, I find it very troubling that mdash, an *excellent* HTML entity, has turned to the dark side like this. Really, I never saw it coming.

Everyone has changed. They've all changed, man. It used to be about the hypertext presentation, now it's just about the &dollar

Re:How does it cost more money to go non-DRM?

[flaming error]

It doesn't cost more. EMI is just doing it's best to live up to it's name - Electro Magnetic Interference.

I have a similar situation.

[Rob T Firefly]

Hello and welcome to my malt shop chain, TurdShakes(TM), featuring shakes made from genuine excrement, in a secret family recipe that is sure to please.

Am I serious, you ask? Of course I am! I am quite passionate about my flagship product, the TurdShake(TM), and stand behind it totally even though sales have been slightly disappointing. That is to say, not quite as successful as I had hoped. Frankly, I'm shocked by the fact that nobody wants to buy milkshakes made from excrement. Im my eyes, TurdShakes(TM) were a goldmine waiting to happen.

Wait, come back! Okay, you win. I am willing to adapt my business model to suit what the people want. Therefore, I have decided to remove excrement from my TurdShakes(TM) entirely, possibly replacing it with chocolate or ice cream or some other such boring shake ingredient. You'd like one now, wouldn't you? A regular shake? No Turd(TM)?

Well, that's just what you'll get, then. A delicious normal shake... That is, of course, provided you give me a large bag of moneys first. A really big bag, with lots of moneys. Otherwise, you'll just have to go on buying the original TurdShakes(TM), with heady flavors of... wait, where are you going? Come back!!

It's the smei-colon's fault

[wiredog]

Once she left him for that fancy nbsp, it was all over.

Re:It's the smei-colon's fault

[jb.hl.com]

This gives a new meaning to the phrase "laying some pipe".

Re:DRM costs to much already.

[ThatsNotFunny]

You've got a wife, that in and of itself will cost you plenty.

Pricing model

[99bottles]

Sounds like EMI went to the SCO school of pricing.

Re:DRM costs to much already.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, I'm notorious for downloading a lot of MP3s, but I would be willing to buy legitimate...

Awesome -- the SWAT Team has triangulated your position and they're on their way. Thank you for making this an easier process for us.

Yours truly,

RIAA

Re:Oh well

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes it should. So should sex, housing, cars, gas, etc. I shouldn't have to work either.

Re:DRM costs to much already.

[Applekid]

At the risk of sounding like the geezer I am - you kids today are fucking lazy!

I was going to read your post, but it was too long. ;)

All kidding aside, is there really something wrong with convenience? I remember being told things when I was a kid like "I had to walk 10 miles to school. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways." and my answer was usually along the lines of "Well, if you had let me get a car I would have driven you."

After which I would usually get a pop to the mouth and not had dinner that evening.

Re:DRM costs to much already.

[hamfactorial]

Why would I pay twice for something I can rip from my (wifes') CD and create myself anyway?

It's worse than that, he's dealing with more than one!