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MP3 and MS vs AL

The situation that occurred after the verdict in this case is quite interesting. If the patent is granted why would MS get away with it. Value patent vs individual corporate interests. Settlement will be a logical step. Great business for Alcatel-Lucent BTW. Anyway I think that it is time for some serious packaging at the A-L product development department or will this be a pure legal play? Let's see how it develops.. Strange first DRM, now this when is the time right for flow?

The gods too are fond of a joke.

Aristotle

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Very cool project and super nice team....

Why do record companies want to apply DRM?

We left the first DRM freedom movement behind us and everybody is re-thinking this issue again and figuring out what the future will look like. My question to every record industry pro that I talk to about this is: Why apply expensive DRM (in more than one way) to music that first lands on the market on a CD, DRM free and in the best resolution? The response is always that the CD was a missed opportunity to protect the music. It sounds fair and worthwhile, woudn't you agree? The thing is of course that in order to stop the music from being unprotected we should stop selling CD's. That would mean that the industry would loose about 90% of the revenues over night (if you would implement it within a couple of hours ;-) I recall attemts to protect CD's from being copied and the response from both artists and audience. So my question will be why would record companies think consumers will accept it when done digitally? The answer will be that inter operability is the solution. How do we achieve this? Steve Jobs explained quite easy why this is difficult. So we have on one side the record industry and on the other the technology industry. Who is right and should move first? This is just a matter of time I asume. Physical sales are in decline and digital sales is not making up. It will take courage and experimenting to get the right formula, all that think about this add heavy  miscellaneous to the budget ;-) I can only  think from a fan point of view. I want to listen to what I buy from any device I like.  Would  it be possible to align all big technology players to  use the same standard? Or is it more likely that all record companies release DRM free MP3 music to the market? Most Independent label do and are quite succesfull with it. Ask anybody that downloaded a paid MP3 on www.dance-tunes.com or www.djdownload.com or e music. com... This subject facinates me because it is so important for the industry to flow..

I love Barcelona

Just back from Barcelona, 3GSM. What a great place. We had so much fun and worked hard to get IIP the deals it deserves. We love music and technology and it's nice to see a plan come together. Soon we will announce some great news with regards to our fun loving project. keep watching www.independentip.com for latest news on music and technology. I will only comment on this blog from now on. M

The king of innovation, ladies and gentlemen Mr. Steve Jobs

Today a letter from Steve Jobs was published on the net.

Thoughts on music by Steve Jobs, February 6, 2007
Entire bit:>> Jobs on music
Last bit:
Much of the concern over DRM systems has arisen in European countries.  Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free.  For Europeans, two and a half of the big four music companies are located right in their backyard.  The largest, Universal, is 100% owned by Vivendi, a French company.  EMI is a British company, and Sony BMG is 50% owned by Bertelsmann, a German company.  Convincing them to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace.  Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly.

So just a quick thought on the opportunity for Majors and Merlin. Why don't they keep the license for iTunes with DRM for a while and offer new players a DRM free license. The 80% iTunes market share goes down to acceptable proportions and everybody is happy ;-) I wish I understood politics better and could actually make use of my ideas in these kind of environments. On the other side, *&^% politics