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The Register :: DRM stores a money pit
by Decius at 12:16 pm EST, Nov 22, 2003 |
] Apple is leading a race of lemmings into the zero-profit
] business of closed music downloads, says the founder of
] MP3.com, Michael Robertson.
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] "It seems kind of crazy to me, the economics don't make
] sense," Robertson told us Thursday. "Why are all these
] guys like Microsoft and Wal-Mart rushing into a business
] where the industry leader says 'we cannot make money with
] the contracts that we have'?" I don't fully agree with the conclusions this article makes, but I found it an entertaining perspective nonetheless. |
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RE: The Register :: DRM stores a money pit
by w1ld at 3:16 pm EST, Nov 23, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] Apple is leading a race of lemmings into the zero-profit
] ] business of closed music downloads, says the founder of
] ] MP3.com, Michael Robertson.
] ]
] ] "It seems kind of crazy to me, the economics don't make
] ] sense," Robertson told us Thursday. "Why are all these
] ] guys like Microsoft and Wal-Mart rushing into a business
] ] where the industry leader says 'we cannot make money with
] ] the contracts that we have'?"
]
] I don't fully agree with the conclusions this article makes,
] but I found it an entertaining perspective nonetheless. Agreed. They do that so they can make huge margins on the iPod. Microsoft and Wal-Mart do not have a product like that. |
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