David Byrne: Labels Should Ditch DRM, Accept Music Sales as a Loss Leader
David Byrne , former lead singer of the Talking Heads and pretty much the cool geek on the face of the satellite , verbalize out against DRM and big record label this hebdomad at South by Southwest . He prognosticate that online sale would surpass CD gross revenue by 2012 , forcing labels to prefer between bear music sale as a loss leader for tours and merch , focusing more on merchandising for many artists , or only shooting for mega - stars like Britney Spears ....