Saturday, October 26, 2002
Consumers Shun Copy-Protected CDs
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 10:38 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106368,tk,dn102502X,00.asp
Do the results of this survey surprise anyone? They don't surprise me in the slightest. Right or wrong, consumers have become accustomed to a certain amount of freedom when it comes to using their media. When I buy a CD, I rip it to a high-quality VBR MP3, put it on my server, then put the CD away and rarely touch it again. This system lets me share the music to any PC in the house, or onto my Pocket PC. What would I do if I bought a CD that I couldn't use with my system? I'd return it, regardless of how much I liked the music. Then I'd probably buy 20 more copies, open them all, and return them - just to make a point. :twisted:
There's a showdown coming, no doubt about it - consumers on one side, and the music companies on the other side. Any bets on who will win?
"Music companies thinking of distributing copy-protected CDs to protect their content from piracy will likely raise the ire of consumers while lowering their revenue, a new study warns. According to a survey recently released by GartnerG2, the research service of Gartner/Dataquest, 77 percent of respondents thought they should be able to copy CDs for personal use in another device. Also, 60 percent said they should be able to give copies of CDs to members of their families. Meanwhile, 82 percent of respondents said that they should be able to copy CDs for personal backup purposes."
Do the results of this survey surprise anyone? They don't surprise me in the slightest. Right or wrong, consumers have become accustomed to a certain amount of freedom when it comes to using their media. When I buy a CD, I rip it to a high-quality VBR MP3, put it on my server, then put the CD away and rarely touch it again. This system lets me share the music to any PC in the house, or onto my Pocket PC. What would I do if I bought a CD that I couldn't use with my system? I'd return it, regardless of how much I liked the music. Then I'd probably buy 20 more copies, open them all, and return them - just to make a point. :twisted:
There's a showdown coming, no doubt about it - consumers on one side, and the music companies on the other side. Any bets on who will win?
"Music companies thinking of distributing copy-protected CDs to protect their content from piracy will likely raise the ire of consumers while lowering their revenue, a new study warns. According to a survey recently released by GartnerG2, the research service of Gartner/Dataquest, 77 percent of respondents thought they should be able to copy CDs for personal use in another device. Also, 60 percent said they should be able to give copies of CDs to members of their families. Meanwhile, 82 percent of respondents said that they should be able to copy CDs for personal backup purposes."
