[A2k] FT: retailers urge music industry to drop DRM

[Michelle Childs]

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> ANTI-PIRACY MOVES 'HURT SALES'
> By Andrew Edgecliiffe-JohnsonPublished: November 20 2007 02:00 |
> Last updated: November 20 2007 02:00
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> Retailers are urging the music industry to drop piracy protection
> for online downloads after new figures showed the average Briton
> has bought fewer than three digital tracks in the past three years.
> Incompatible proprietary technologies, aimed at defeating rampant
> piracy in the digital music era, are instead "stifling growth and
> working against the consumer interest", said Kim Bayley, director-
> general of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA).
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Michelle Childs
Head of European Affairs
Knowledge Ecology International
michelle.childs@keionline.org