Wednesday, February 07, 2007

The End of DRM?

What do you think of Steve Jobs' pronouncement that the world would be better off without DRM? (Click here to read it.) Is this the beginning of the end for DRM? What struck me as most interesting is his claim that less than 10% of all songs bought worldwide are from digital music stores. That means 90% of songs still come from CDs. If that's true, it seems pretty hard to believe.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Joel! I found your blog through your sister's xanga, and so I thought I would say hi and see how you are doing. Hope all is well!

Chris said...

I think the key is 10% worldwide. I'm sure a higher proportion of songs is purchased online in relatively modern markets like the U.S., where internet connections are widely available in each consumers house.