Music GroupsBronfman on DRM
In a reaction to Steve Jobs' open letter earlier this week, Warner Music Group Chairman and CEO Edgar Bronfman spoke about DRM in yesterday's conference call. I'll take a quote from Digital Music News' post on it; I haven't had a chance to listen to the call.
"Let me be clear: we advocate the continued use of DRM in the protection of our and of our artists’ intellectual property. The notion that music does not deserve the same protections as software, television, film, video games or other intellectual property simply because there is an unprotected legacy product available in the physical world is completely without logic or merit. We will not abandon DRM, nor will we disadvantage services that are successfully implementing DRM for both content and consumers."
Bronfman isn't about to tell analysts that WMG is going change its strategy in an anti-piracy campaign that Wall Street considers to be necessary for the value of entertainment companies. But...I don't think he was playing the role of pro basketball general manager before draft day. There was no subterfuge in that statement. The only phrase missing was, "Read my lips." He couldn't have been more clear.
