An MU for Online Musicians
Tuesday, January 27th, 2004 at 3:43 pmPeter Gabriel (used to be my hero) and Brian Eno (always my hero) are launching a musician’s union specifically aimed at artists with downloadable tunes but heavy on digital rights management (i.e. encryption for money).
Managing digital rights, Gabriel said, would require some encryption to ensure a revenue stream, but ultimately the record industry would have to give the consumer what he wants.
We’ll see. Anything is better than what’s going on now.
Also see Brad’s very optimistic take on DRM. Personally I worry that big industry is winning and the pipe for sharing music is getting choked off.
