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Written by Kostas Tzounopoulos
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Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
Bill seems not to like DRM eventually. Michael Arrington of Techcrunch was in Microsoft Campus today yesterday with a team of bloggers and asked about the viability of DRM. They had an hour with Bill Gates in which they also learned what tracks are on his Zune...
His short term advice: “People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.” He ended by saying “DRM is not where it should be, but you won’t get me to say that there should be usage models and different payment models for usage. At the end of the day, incentive systems do make a difference, but we don’t have it right with incentives or interoperability.” These quotes are rough - I was typing fast but it was not an exact transcript. Still, it is interesting insight from a man who is in a position to shape the future of digital music models. Steve Rubel's (MicroPersuasion) question was a bit more personal:
Q) What's on your Zune?
All of the U2 stuff plus a lot more musicals than you might expect - for example, Wicked. links: Michael Arrington's article | MicroPersuasion article
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 December 2006 )
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