[Fmpro] DRM

[Alcheh Daniel]

Chris, I'm sure you'll enjoy this:
https://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/drm-free-digital-music

(Brilliant website concept, by the way...)

DA

On Apr 14, 2008, at 8:00 AM, fmpro-request at nxport.com wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:59:54 +0000
> From: chris at alpiar.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] p2p and other thoughts
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
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> It may have been done to death, but nothing is changing, so I will  
> keep talking about it :)
>
> Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
> Cinematic Composer
> http://www.alpiar.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Leahy [mailto:writestuff at chello.be]
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 04:38 AM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: [Fmpro] p2p and other thoughts
>
> Hi all. The discussion about DRM etc. has been done to death for  
> the past five years. Everything said here has been said before. At  
> the end of the day, the general public does not want DRM-protected  
> material. However, much could still be done to hold the large p2p  
> sites accountable and notably nab the heavy uploaders. Although I  
> think it's too late to try and impose a DRM solution on music,  
> there are still many ways to limit the unbridled exploitation some  
> people are making of it. I'm thinking of the Russian sites,  
> notably, that were selling whole albums for $5 due to a legal  
> loophole without paying anyone. Also there are other solutions. A  
> German outfit called Potato have been touting a system that sells  
> non-DRM mp3s. The twist is that people can sell the tracks  
> themselves afterwards. So the p2p effect plays into our hands. If  
> people like a track, they are encouraged to share it and benefit  
> from it. Check http://www.potatosystem.com/en I've used it. It's  
> quite easy to set u!
>  p and they have widgets that can be placed on MySpace etc. Only  
> trouble is trying to make sales afterwards! Along these lines, I  
> recommend that you look up "1000 true fans" on Yahoo/Google. It's a  
> very interesting concept. Ultimately, putting more power into the  
> hands of content creators also means accepting a corresponding  
> increase in the amount of work you have to do!  
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