Lack of Copy Protection Decreases Music Piracy

The results of a joint study between marketing professors at Rice University and Duke University shows that a lack of copyright protection decreases music piracy. Thanks to [H] reader Q-BZ for the link.

"Removal of these restrictions makes the product more convenient to use and intensifies competition with the traditional format (CDs), which has no DRM restrictions," Vernik said. "This increased competition results in decreased prices for both downloadable and CD music and makes it more likely that consumers will move from stealing music to buying legal downloads."

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