There is an interesting site I follow called DRMwatch.
Obviously it has articles/posts that are about DRM (Digital Rights Managment) For example, Apples Itunes not letting you play the files on any other system apart from YOUR personal computer or your Ipod.
This site, as it is about DRM, is generally VERY pro DRM.
In any case, there is an interesting artcle posted recently that mentioned some statistics on what CONTENT OWNERS think of DRM. Keep in mind, I find the site likes to pump up itself with reasons for existing. No wonder it clung to this.
Still, if anything, these statistics give you an idea of how disconnected content owners are from the future reality of media is on the internet.
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Among the most interesting specific results from this survey were:
- 62% said that content should not be free; 31% said consumers should decide whether content is free.
- 77% agreed or strongly agreed that DRM is necessary.
- 71% agreed or strongly agreed that content choice should be controlled by consumers and not publishers.
- When asked where content revenue should come from, 41% said advertisers, 29% said consumers, 19% said websites, and 10% said device manufacturers.
- Just over half (54%) agreed that piracy is an intractable problem; only 32% disagreed.
- Opinions were divided over whether innovation and technology will render moot attempts to control content distribution, with 41% agreeing and 48% disagreeing.
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