Comments on: RealNetworks’ Plea: No More DRM For Downloads http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/ by Derek Slater Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Learn Spanish http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/comment-page-1/#comment-7272 Learn Spanish Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:49:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-do#comment-7272 Great post. Sometimes I get a bit confused and don't really know what to think about this whole matter. Great post. Sometimes I get a bit confused and don’t really know what to think about this whole matter.

]]> By: This blog has moved http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/comment-page-1/#comment-7250 This blog has moved Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:00:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-do#comment-7250 <strong>Sometimes piracy isn't about getting it for free...</strong> The old maxim that "you can't compete with free" has been thrown around time and time again in the piracy... Sometimes piracy isn’t about getting it for free…

The old maxim that “you can’t compete with free” has been thrown around time and time again in the piracy…

]]> By: Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/comment-page-1/#comment-7249 Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:00:25 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-do#comment-7249 <strong>Sometimes piracy isn't about getting it for free...</strong> The old maxim that "you can't compete with free" has been thrown around time and time again in the piracy... Sometimes piracy isn’t about getting it for free…

The old maxim that “you can’t compete with free” has been thrown around time and time again in the piracy…

]]> By: Sean FWJ Fowler, Esq. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/comment-page-1/#comment-7217 Sean FWJ Fowler, Esq. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:16:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-do#comment-7217 As viable alternatives to the iPod/iTunes combination become more readily apparent, consumers will compare and contrast DRM policies before purchasing music inasmuch as they compare music quality and artist offerings. The consumer awakening is ongoing. So long as all DRM-restricted music is fairly unappealing to a portion of consumers because of DRM, P2P offerings will continue to be a source of significant market loss for the RIAA. DRM-free music offerings from the music industry will certainly be more palatable to the P2P holdouts that enjoy music without charge or restrictions for the same reason that a marked-down DVD at Blockbuster is more palatable to most than the same DVD, bootlegged, and sold in the bad part of town. As viable alternatives to the iPod/iTunes combination become more readily apparent, consumers will compare and contrast DRM policies before purchasing music inasmuch as they compare music quality and artist offerings. The consumer awakening is ongoing. So long as all DRM-restricted music is fairly unappealing to a portion of consumers because of DRM, P2P offerings will continue to be a source of significant market loss for the RIAA. DRM-free music offerings from the music industry will certainly be more palatable to the P2P holdouts that enjoy music without charge or restrictions for the same reason that a marked-down DVD at Blockbuster is more palatable to most than the same DVD, bootlegged, and sold in the bad part of town.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-downloads/comment-page-1/#comment-7165 Kevin Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:45:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cmusings/2007/01/21/realnetworks-plea-no-more-drm-for-do#comment-7165 I don't know that DRM keeps many customers away. It is too amorphous of a concept for the regular iPod or Zune user to understand, *at the moment*. I think the Defective by Design campaign and the idiocy of the Zune stopping sharing on some songs at Universal's behest will slowly show the average consumer the difference, but 2007 might be too soon for them. I don’t know that DRM keeps many customers away. It is too amorphous of a concept for the regular iPod or Zune user to understand, *at the moment*. I think the Defective by Design campaign and the idiocy of the Zune stopping sharing on some songs at Universal’s behest will slowly show the average consumer the difference, but 2007 might be too soon for them.

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