I'm not convinced that when it's all boiled down that torrents/piracy has much to do with it. People don't [necessarily/always] know when they download a torrent if there's DRM attached in much the same way as they don't know if a tarball/zip file is password protected. The content is being confused with the delivery mechanism here. How would pirated all-new DRM-free Apple content be different to other pirated DRM-free content from existing sources?
The reason why the price is higher is because they feel they can charge it; that people will buy it at that price; and that overall they think they'll make more money by offering the service than not. And just maybe they've awoken to the concept that the pirate was [reluctantly, in some cases] never a customer, and that there are potential bucks to be made in giving the pirates an option to jump ship. Bad pun intended. On 4/3/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, of course. However, I said "more people put the unDRMed file on the torrents". The file without DRM will be easier to distribute, therefore perhaps more people will. J -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crossland Sent: 02 April 2007 19:34 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal' On 02/04/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd imagine at the quantities that Apple buy bandwidth, the extra cost > of delivering the larger file will be negligibly more. Therefore what > is this price increase paying for? Potential lost revenue when more > people put the unDRMed file on the torrents perhaps? DRMed files are put on torrents anyway. -- Regards, Dave - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
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