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Music Execs Say Apple's DRM Hurting Industry

Posted by Zonk on from the reference-the-pot-and-the-kettle's-similar-color-here dept.

EMB Numbers writes "C-Net says last year saw a 131 percent jump in digital sales, but overall the industry still saw about a 4 percent decline in revenue. Some executives at this week's Digital Music Forum East conference lashed out at Jobs, blaming Apple and its CEO for their troubles. The impression at the conference was that Jobs' call three weeks ago for DRM-free music was anything but sincere. As the article puts it, 'Apple has maintained a stranglehold on the digital music industry by locking up iTunes music with DRM ... and "it's causing everybody else who is participating in the marketplace — the other service providers, the labels, the users — a lot of pain. If they could simply open it up, everybody would love them.""

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  1. It's like a Far Side Cartoon by thrillseeker · · Score: 5, Funny

    No matter what the customers say, all the music execs understand is one word ... "blah blah blah blah DRM blah blah"

  2. Correction by Overzeetop · · Score: 5, Funny

    You spelled "MONEY" incorrectly

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    Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
  3. Re:It's like an episode of 24 by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > "We're running out of time," Ted Cohen, managing director of music consulting firm TAG Strategic, told the roughly 200 attendees. "We need to get money flowing from consumers and get them used to paying for music again."

    Cohen then proceeded to shackle his brother to a chair and ordered a subordinate to inject 8 units of pain serum, all the while screaming "WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. JUST TELL US WHERE THE MONEY IS."

  4. Open DRM is good for consumers... by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then you need just one hack, and you can have all your music be DRM-free everywhere! No more multiple-different-hacks for different DRM's.

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  5. Re:Code is Law by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

    RMS figured it out in 1883,...

    RMS is a highlander? Crazy!

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    I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
  6. Re:If I ran store B, C, or D... by jevvim · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'd take Sony's offer of exclusive access (and make sure there's a really long duration on it) and then sell as little as possible

    Doesn't Sony already have the Connect store for that?

  7. Makes sense by ghjm · · Score: 2, Funny

    That explains the beard - it's to hide the neck scars from when Sean Connery almost cut his head off.