Comments on: The AudioFile: The DRM Dam Cracks http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:46:41 -0500 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/comment-page-1/#comment-181941 Jason Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:20:15 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/#comment-181941 As some have pointed out, this announcement is basically saying that online music won't be inferior versions of CD's. So, the market has corrected itself -- this isn't really a big advance, more like a reversion to the way things should have been from the start. An argument can also be made that DRM (or DRM-free) isn't really the issue here. The music industry is missing another boat entirely: music licensing for User Generated Content. There's a good article on Media 3.0 about this, by Shelly Palmer: <a href="http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/04/drmfree_itunes_.html" rel="nofollow">DRM-Free iTunes - Did We Miss the Memo?</a> Listening to music is an old model. The new model -- where the growth lies -- is in using music to create your own works. - Jason As some have pointed out, this announcement is basically saying that online music won’t be inferior versions of CD’s. So, the market has corrected itself — this isn’t really a big advance, more like a reversion to the way things should have been from the start.

An argument can also be made that DRM (or DRM-free) isn’t really the issue here. The music industry is missing another boat entirely: music licensing for User Generated Content. There’s a good article on Media 3.0 about this, by Shelly Palmer:
DRM-Free iTunes – Did We Miss the Memo?

Listening to music is an old model. The new model — where the growth lies — is in using music to create your own works.

- Jason

]]> By: Mike Kobrin http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/comment-page-1/#comment-177614 Mike Kobrin Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:03:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/#comment-177614 Erm... we're talking about the same Fox news, right? With the shoddy reporting that makes me yell at the TV when I watch? Hilariously, my soon-to-be-ex-roommate loves to yell at CNN for not being biased enough! But I hear ya loud and clear. Besides, we know the REAL news is only found on Comedy Central. ;) Erm… we’re talking about the same Fox news, right? With the shoddy reporting that makes me yell at the TV when I watch?

Hilariously, my soon-to-be-ex-roommate loves to yell at CNN for not being biased enough! But I hear ya loud and clear.

Besides, we know the REAL news is only found on Comedy Central. ;)

]]> By: Fox Fan http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/comment-page-1/#comment-177484 Fox Fan Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:13:02 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/#comment-177484 Many of us quietly put up with CNN's bias for years. Now that there's an alternative it's a bad thing? Perhaps fair and balanced means not having a choice. After all, it's easier to hear all sides when there's only one side to be heard. Many of us quietly put up with CNN’s bias for years. Now that there’s an alternative it’s a bad thing?

Perhaps fair and balanced means not having a choice. After all, it’s easier to hear all sides when there’s only one side to be heard.

]]> By: mike kobrin http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/comment-page-1/#comment-177427 mike kobrin Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:29:19 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/#comment-177427 Um, Charlie, errr... guh? Um, Charlie, errr… guh?

]]> By: Charlie Macpherson http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/comment-page-1/#comment-177163 Charlie Macpherson Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:16:37 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/04/06/the-audiofile-the-drm-dam-cracks/#comment-177163 We will meet you on the Beaches, we will meet you on the shores, we will never give in! we will fight the gizmodo and the gizmodo gang to end, until fairness and honesty and good prevail. We will meet you on the Beaches, we will meet you on the shores, we will never give in! we will fight the gizmodo and the gizmodo gang to end, until fairness and honesty and good prevail.

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