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Yahoo Exec Says "Enough DRM"

Posted by kdawson on from the content-is-not-context dept.

bogess writes "Yahoo! Music General Manager Ian Rogers recently gave a speech to some music executives about the future of the Internet music business and promised his company will not be involved in Digital Rights Management anymore." Another straw in the wind: Nine Inch Nails has now followed Radiohead in ridding themselves of the labels and going independent.

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  1. you... by cosmocain · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...never can have enough DRM. really! see... you can have a mp3 for 0.99 or a value added wma with protection against EVERYTHING. even listening! how great is that?

    i, for one, would prefer the newest single by britney spears in a totally unplayable format.

  2. Re:Labels Wising Up? by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 5, Informative
    Thing is, if you're arrested, they don;t use a dictionary in court to define your crime. They use these things called laws.

    Under the law, it is NOT stealing. It's copyright infringement. VERY different.

    Who says it's not stealing? The Supreme Court says its not stealing. DOWLING v. UNITED STATES, 473 U.S. 207: "...interference with copyright does not easily equate with theft, conversion, or fraud. The infringer of a copyright does not assume physical control over the copyright nor wholly deprive its owner of its use. Infringement implicates a more complex set of property interests than does run-of-the-mill theft, conversion, or fraud. Pp. 214-218.""

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