[FC-discuss] What really kills DRM in music?

[Eldo Varghese]

Kevin Driscoll wrote:
> Amazon sells plain old mp3s.
> 
> iTunes announces an end to DRM.
> 
> It's not our activism.
> 
> It doesn't seem like consumer pressure.
> 
> Why do you think DRM shrivels on the vine (in online music sales) ?
> 
> Kevin
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Actually I do think its consumer pressure, whenever some random yuppie loses ~1000USD worth of his songs and complains to apple a few million times, it gets noticed. I think our 'activism' also has
some effect, it gets bad press. So I do think its a little bit of what you said and the fact they were spending lots of money on a system that wasnt working and was only getting implemented due to a
negotiation bullet with the music industry.
-Eldo