I assume the boycott will be for Universal Music Group products only? There are many labels embracing DRM-free online distribution, although it seems to be mostly independent ones.
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For those interested, there’s a similar campaign to refuse to buy EA Games bundled with DRM and SecuROM at http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/ea-games-without-drm-and-secu-rom
I figure the two movements have similar goals. The idea started with the EA game Spore that secretly came with DRM and SecuROM malware. Although not ever user experiences this, several have had their computers corrupted either after the installation or when they went to uninstall the game Spore.
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Music is the universal language, it is not a business. Stop trying to make it that much more difficult to purchase music and share it with others.
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Doug Waggoner replied on Oct 12, 2007Following are the top music publishers that should be targeted:
–Universal Music Group
–Bertelsmann, Inc
–Sony BMG
–EMI Music Publishing
–Warner Music Group Corp
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Daniel McFarland replied on Jan 8, 2008I’m certainly not one to defend major labels, but I think you need to be a little more specific. EMI sells DRM free music through the Amazon mp3 store and Warner just announced plans to do the same. Also, I think Sony/BMG just recently made an announcement that they admit that DRM has pretty much failed and they have plans to drop it in the future.
I think it might be helpful to those involved to point out which labels are still refusing to sell in a DRM free format. For the ones who are starting to get it (EMI/Warner) you can suggest that people buy ONLY from the non-DRM sources. You want to send the message that they can make more money selling everything without DRM.
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Andrew Lyons replied on Feb 28, 2008
I think it’s pretty clearly about universal. There’s no need to wait for a million, though. i stopped buying a while ago.
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Ted Ferguson replied on Mar 7, 2008
Umm, Universal is already selling MP3s through Amazon, Wal-Mart, and other online stores
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Kelly Robinson replied on Mar 21, 2008I have a huge music library, I listen to it every day, and I don’t steal music.
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Ramana Kumar replied on Sep 6, 2008
I think it needs to be a boycott of DRM-protected music only. I mean, that is probably obvious, but unfortunately it’s not in the pledge terms. So is that the case?
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