In response to declining music sales in the UK, the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has called for the music industry to put an end to DRM. The organization—which represents retailers who sell music and DVDs—blames draconian digital copy protection technologies for the slow growth of the digital music market. …
Many companies in the recording industry still refuse to adjust their business models to account for consumers’ preferences when it comes to DRM, believing instead that the near-ubiquitous practice of file-sharing can be abolished with more draconian copy protection mechanisms and litigation.
