Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Is the DRM the best way to save the music industry?
DRM is in many ways a very successful device of trying to prevent some forms of copyright through various technologies but I don’t believe that it will every truly stop all forms of piracy. Piracy will continue to exist however much we try to stop it, people will still go on several downloading websites if it means not having to pay to listen to their favourite music. In fact I don’t even think that it is particularly harming the music industry too much. Yes record sales are falling but being able to download any artist’s songs/albums still promotes them and in the long run aids their success. People will still go out and buy albums and support the artists which they love. Being able to download music off the Internet allows people to download music that may not be accessible in the shops. For example music from other countries and artists which are unheard of.
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You have summed a number of the key arguments for and against downloading digital music files but you have missed a couple of important questions. You admit that sales of recorded music (particularly CDs) have decreased but the real question is surely what (if any) is the relationship between this decrease and increase of digital downloads? Beyond this, the question of whether or not DRM is the best way to save the music industry must depend on the further question: does the industry really need saving?
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