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Originally Posted by Peverel
We are seeing a change in how we all purchase and have goods delivered. Traditional marketplaces like those serviced by the record companies and publishers are changing and evolving. The traditional companies need to embrace these new channels or face extinction. DRM is just a ploy to try to hang on to some old, useless DNA.
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Further to this point, the record companies, etc. are failing to realise that the power is now in the consumer's hands. These companies can no longer charge whatever prices they want because piracy is so easy.
Most people will be happy to pay a reasonable price for media, but the content producers are trying to use DRM to keep their often artificially high prices at a certain level. These companies shouldn't underestimate the difference in value (from the consumer's perspective) between a digital file and a physical object.