Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
On 16 May 2013, at 14:32, Stefan Schreiber <st...@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
Ah, another new business model for music delivered via the WWW... :-)
Just to warn you: These exclusive contracts (where Majors pick just one distributor for a
"special" format) might not work, in a legal sense.
Sure. Just as Apple's DRM m4a format was and remains an exclusive to Apple.
As a musician (and if musicians have a say, which still can be the case) I would
refuse this model, because it would lead to < complete fragmentation > of the
surround online market.
Amazon still sells MP3, while Apple continues to sell MP4-AAC, but that hasn't
led to a complete fragmentation of the stereo online market.
Argument doesn't matter, because we have here two defined standards (in
the meantime without DRM, which of course would break the standards...),
and in this sense Apple and Amazon don't "own" the formats and can't
fragment anything.
Best,
Stefan
P.S.: This is exactly how the online market should function. No
unnecessary monopolies!
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