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One Paragraph Blog: People Like DRM

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by Chris.
Categories: Business/The Software Industry, Chris, Thinking Outside the WTF.

…as long as it’s cheap.

Ever since the RIAA crackdown on illegal downloading, there’s been quite a drop in CD sales. And iTunes sales have gone up substantially. But the reason isn’t that users feel that DRM is bad, just that illegal downloading and iTunes are both cheaper. The Kindle not selling enough? Maybe because it’s $400. [no citation available, just see for yourself] At least the books are cheap.

Perhaps, it’s not about restricting rights all the way to the point of controlling everything we see and do. Maybe it’s just about the money.

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