Posted by aogMonday, 23 April 2007 at 11:29 TrackBack Ping URL

I was thinking about the modern music industry once again because of the EMI announcement that the company is dropping copy protection on their music catalog. If those guys were smart and cynical, what they should also do is secretly pay sociopaths to dump garbage files in to any free music exchange programs. One of the critical features that will convince consumers to pay EMI for its tracks is a guarantee of quality. This becomes more valuable as the perceived quality of free alternatives decreases, so why not help that process along?