Came across a couple of interesting url’s while surfing, michaelgeist.ca link
the CRIA released a study that in a nutshell says people buy less music because they are put off by the price and they are not interested in the music.
The study also looked at music content on people’s hard drives, apparently we have far more legal, purchased music on our computers from ripped CD’s & purchased downloads then we have illegal content from p2p networks or stuff copied from friends.
I’ve been annoyed with DRM for a while but never really been interested enough to investigate it further. Interesting, slashdot comments seem to closely mirror my own feelings and actions.
I don’t listen to normal radio anymore, it’s full of music I don’t want to listen to.
If I do listen to radio it’s internet radio or a prerecorded session from the internet because the only time the BBC plays music that I like I’m not near a radio…
I discover new (to me) music by using P2P networks
I download and listen to a few tracks by an artist that I have not heard of before. If I generally like the tracks I buy the album on CD.
When I get the album I rip it onto my computer to listen to, burn a new CD to keep in my car then shelve the original.
I don’t actually own a CD player anymore except for the one in my car.
I don’t keep originals in my car as it gets expensive when little toe rags steal them.
So if I get a CD that has DRM on it, it is useless to me and just puts me off being honest and actually buying music.
Normally if I can’t bypass the DRM in 60 seconds I return the CD for a refund then post a message on the artist’s website explaining that I tried to buy the music but couldn’t use it so I downloaded it for free and I offer to pay for it if they contact me with and suggest an appropriate method of payment. I’ve even emailed the address in small print of the legal stuff about the DRM saying the same thing, but I have never had a reply. I guess that they really aren’t interested in customers that want to give them money.
Given the choice between letting a record company install software and use DRM or never paying for another piece of music I’ll take the later thank you very much.
I like to think that I am an honest person, if the music industry wants me to spend more on music then all they have to is increase my exposure to artists I might like instead of hyping up crap teeny pop ‘artists’ who will be long forgotten by the time you get the CD home.
And oh yeah, stop doing the DRM thing, it’s harming sales far more than illegal downloading…
Filed by dave at 8:26 pm under Cool stuff, Music
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