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| 31-10-08 / 23:59 : ITMS boycot ? (cjed) |
| The site jaimelesartistes.fr, edited by the french Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, and what purpose it to promote the new law against pirating, lists the legal music downloading solutions (Fnac, Virgin), those from majors, and finally a long list with some anecdotic offers, Apple's ITMS being listed in the last position (so far from visible, despite being more than 70 percent of US market, and between 30 to 50 percent in France). Steve Jobs recently published an open letter, explaining while majors should remove the DRMs from online music distribution channels. EMI agreed but since, other music companies didn't respond, and now some would make us think that vendors like Apple are responsible from the added DRMs. Finally, as reported here recently, the internet connections filtering isn't feasible technically, what makes the new law unapplicable. Worse, it would lead to arbitrary threats, without any need for proofs. We can hope that if it happens, iternet petitions will arise, and that the european commission will be taken again (the France position violates european agreements in that area). And when the french government praises a site like Deezer as an easy and legal way to listen to music, we have to think that such economic model (ads or subscription) isn't satisfying for artists. We can't honestly pursue internet downloaders, and a the same time promote a new site coming from nowhere, that provides commercial music for free ! With the ITMS, Apple did found a moderated, elegant and practical distribution channel. Since 6 years, that platform allowed honnest gains to artists (if they deal directly with Apple - or through independant labels or CDBaby like companies). That famous economic model (70/30) leaded to the AppStore success, and benefits both to creators and end customers. Comments at Clubic |
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C'est une erreur de croire que la France est isolée dans cette voie. Il y a déjà eu des cas de relève d'adresse IP dont le propriétaire a été condamné à tort, en Angleterre, sans doute aussi en Allemagne, et en France. C'est nouveau par contre de vouloir le faire en masse, ce qui risque d'être une belle pagaille en effet... Les réactions sur lemonde.fr sont intéressantes aussi. |
Oui, heureusement les commentaires sur l'article du Monde sont éclairés. Et certains sont même assez caustiques : |
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