Most European Music Execs Agree with Jobs on DRM

Iria · Feb 15, 2007, 10:16 PM

Source: BetaNews
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A report issued last week by JupiterResearch lead analyst Mark Mulligan, just two days after Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter advocating the end of digital rights management for downloadable music, revealed that in a continental survey of European music industry executives, more than half agree with the statement that DRM measures are "overly restrictive," and an astonishing 62% agree that dropping DRM measures altogether would drive consumer adoption of downloadable digital music.

Among the subset of those executives who produce records as well as downloadable music, that figure is 48%, though it rises to 58% when only counting executives of "major record labels." For the remainder, the figure is 73%.

Feb 15, 2007, 10:16 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 76	Most European Music Execs Agree with Jobs on DRM Source: BetaNews __________ A report issued last week by JupiterResearch lead analyst Mark Mulligan, just two days after Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter advocating the end of digital rights management for downloadable music, revealed that in a continental survey of European music industry executives, more than half agree with the statement that DRM measures are "overly restrictive," and an astonishing 62% agree that dropping DRM measures altogether would drive consumer adoption of downloadable digital music. Among the subset of those executives who produce records as well as downloadable music, that figure is 48%, though it rises to 58% when only counting executives of "major record labels." For the remainder, the figure is 73%.