First MSN decides to shutdown a DRM key server, then Yahoo decides to shutdown a DRM key server and now Wal-Mart is shutting down a DRM key server.
I remember the complaints when consumers went from vinyl to CD and VCR to DVD. People did not like having to pay for something twice but at least the consumer got something out of it. Better sound/video quality and a much easier physical format to handle.
These days, if you buy music on a DRM service and the service closes down then you will, at some stage, have to buy your music again. This might not be until your hard drive fails. When you do buy the music again you're not getting any extras. It's the same music again. Consumers are going to be pissed!
Commercial failure of a DRM based system penalises the consumer unfairly.
I doubt that Apple will shutdown the iTunes DRM because iTunes is successful. That said, I've not bought any DRM disabled music from iTunes
I remember the complaints when consumers went from vinyl to CD and VCR to DVD. People did not like having to pay for something twice but at least the consumer got something out of it. Better sound/video quality and a much easier physical format to handle.
These days, if you buy music on a DRM service and the service closes down then you will, at some stage, have to buy your music again. This might not be until your hard drive fails. When you do buy the music again you're not getting any extras. It's the same music again. Consumers are going to be pissed!
Commercial failure of a DRM based system penalises the consumer unfairly.
I doubt that Apple will shutdown the iTunes DRM because iTunes is successful. That said, I've not bought any DRM disabled music from iTunes
Comments
Post a Comment