Comments on: RIAA chief: ripping ok http://polizeros.com/2008/01/05/riaa-chief-ripping-ok/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:59:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/01/05/riaa-chief-ripping-ok/#comment-147159 Bob Morris Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:36:09 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/01/05/riaa-chief-ripping-ok/#comment-147159 Major retail stores this year gave much less space to CDs (and DVDs). That trend is expected to accelerate as sales of CDs continue to fall. So, in a year or so, it may not matter much if some CDs have DRM. Good point though, are the record companies dropping DRM from whatever music CDs still have them. Anyone know? Amazon now has all DRM-free mp3s plus variable pricing that can be less than iTunes. iTunes has no choice, they must go DRM-free and probably drop prices too. Major retail stores this year gave much less space to CDs (and DVDs). That trend is expected to accelerate as sales of CDs continue to fall. So, in a year or so, it may not matter much if some CDs have DRM.

Good point though, are the record companies dropping DRM from whatever music CDs still have them. Anyone know?

Amazon now has all DRM-free mp3s plus variable pricing that can be less than iTunes. iTunes has no choice, they must go DRM-free and probably drop prices too.

]]> By: cheryl http://polizeros.com/2008/01/05/riaa-chief-ripping-ok/#comment-147158 cheryl Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:28:50 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/01/05/riaa-chief-ripping-ok/#comment-147158 Clarification please. You say selling drm free on Amazon. That sounds pretty specific to me. What about other online music stores? Are the music giants giving up on drm on actual cd's? If they haven't come out and said drm free music all the time, everywhere - then drm isn't dead yet and neither is the RIAA even though their job will be much harder to do. Clarification please. You say selling drm free on Amazon. That sounds pretty specific to me. What about other online music stores? Are the music giants giving up on drm on actual cd’s? If they haven’t come out and said drm free music all the time, everywhere - then drm isn’t dead yet and neither is the RIAA even though their job will be much harder to do.

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