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This is both hilarious and actually sounds more believable than anything the real bankers say these days: Life Among The Mammals: Understanding Economics.

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UK retailers to record labels: DRM is killing us

Speaking on behalf of UK music retailers, ERA director Kim Bayley told the Financial Times this week that the copy protection mechanisms are “stifling growth and working against the consumer interest.” – - – Bayley says that DRM “puts consumers off.”

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Viihdelehti Stara raportoi ÄKT:n lausuneen jotta

Julkisen palvelun tarpeella ei tulisi voida perustella sitä, että Ylen on saatava sisältöä kohtuuttoman edulliseen hintaan, etenkin kun musiikin kasvava radiosoitto kuluttaa äänitemyynnin kaupallisia markkinoita

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This time good news come from UK: An online music store operating there reports that DRM-free music outsells protected tunes four to one in their shop.

Now that’s damn good news for all of us music consumers. The article also confirms my belief that your average music consumer has a lot more clue about modern technology than your average media company boss:

[C]ustomers buying unprotected music are more likely to buy albums than those buying music with DRM, with some 70 percent of MP3 sales being part of full album downloads.

This should come as good news to the music industry, which has long seen album sales suffer since the proliferation of music stores that allow customers to cherry-pick tracks – - – Music labels have been trying to come up with incentives to entice customers to buy more at a time – - -

Sektori.com raportoi: Radioheadin seuraavasta levyn saa ladata digitaalisena ja maksaa mitä haluaa.

Tätä on lähes pakko tukea, idea on vaan niin hyvä..

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