Bill's commentary at DRM-Watch is here.

I would predict that some observers will read into these entrails the end of DRM. Forgetting... this is music, not movies, photos, books, and so on; Amazon is a distributor, not a content provider. Bill's analysis seems more compelling to me. This is a very complicated multi-level chess game being played out between Apple, other distributors, and among the music-producers for market share. But the experiment will help test the extent of consumer demand for DRM-free formats for this type of work, and their willingness to pay, and the tolerance of the producers for free riding. All very interesting.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 9:12 AM | DRM & Watermarks, etc., Markets: Business, Investment & Innovation

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