02-06-2007, 11:27 PM
To the labels, DRM is not really about piracy.
It's about control.
Record company losses to "piracy" are minuscule compared to the death of their long term business prospects if they can't charge for the same content over and over and over ad nauseum in perpetuity forever.
That's why they feared the mp3 players and why secretly they loathe the iPod (although they want a piece of its 'action').
It's about control.
Record company losses to "piracy" are minuscule compared to the death of their long term business prospects if they can't charge for the same content over and over and over ad nauseum in perpetuity forever.
That's why they feared the mp3 players and why secretly they loathe the iPod (although they want a piece of its 'action').