Comments on: London Calling http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/04/02/london-calling/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Paul http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/04/02/london-calling/#comment-4096 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:32:08 +0000 http://www.stevenlevy.com/index.php/2007/04/02/london-calling/#comment-4096 Ummm, Steven, how about the incentive of labels making more profit per song sale if they drop the DRM? If the DRM-free songs were the same price as DRM'd songs, the other 3 labels could probably hold out indefinitely. But when one of the majors is suddenly making a lot more money in the digital arena, don't you think that will cause the others to drop their principles for the one that that really motivates them, i.e. bigger profits? You are overanalyzing here. The $1.29 is nothing but a shimmering lure to get the other labels to jump on the bandwagon. They can either stand by their bombastic principles regarding DRM and pass on the profits or join in the new digital gold rush lest they cede the market to EMI. Once all the labels are on board, the consumer ultimately wins. Don't trip over your own toes by trying to stare at your nose. Ummm, Steven, how about the incentive of labels making more profit per song sale if they drop the DRM? If the DRM-free songs were the same price as DRM’d songs, the other 3 labels could probably hold out indefinitely. But when one of the majors is suddenly making a lot more money in the digital arena, don’t you think that will cause the others to drop their principles for the one that that really motivates them, i.e. bigger profits?

You are overanalyzing here. The $1.29 is nothing but a shimmering lure to get the other labels to jump on the bandwagon. They can either stand by their bombastic principles regarding DRM and pass on the profits or join in the new digital gold rush lest they cede the market to EMI.

Once all the labels are on board, the consumer ultimately wins. Don’t trip over your own toes by trying to stare at your nose.

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