[Trombone-l] Copy protection/DRM was Re: Bill Holman - In a jazz Orbit

[SteveInside@aol.com]

I'd go so far as to say that (private, as opposed to commercial) copying is  
possibly an important part of building a listening audience and the copy  
protectors are shooting themselves in the foot — which I guess is a lot of what  
Jeff is saying.
 
Some of my friends and I myself have copied stuff since we were kids; and  
those that copied the most are the ones with 600 or 1000 legitimate CDs and LPs  
in their house.  Importantly, we're also the ones that go to gigs and  
listen, go to local venues and listen and sometimes play ourselves.  In the  late 
20th century and definitely now, the ones that copy are the ones that are  
interested.
 
Commercial copying is a whole other ball game and nobody I know thinks  it's 
cool as, apart from anything else, the quality is usually atrocious and  that 
is probably because the focus is the money and not the music or the  consumer.
 
Hey ho
Steve C
UK
 
In a message dated 02/10/2006 19:31:50 GMT Standard Time,  
jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com writes:

Which  just goes to show that all of the copy protection or digital  rights
managements schemes in the world can't stop copying.

If you  can make it come out of speakers you can copy it.

When are record  labels going to realize that selling products that do less
than the  consumer expects is not a way to grow customer loyalty?

That is why  supporting artists and labels that sell legal drm free downloads
and  non-drm ed CDs is important.

Jeff