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 .
He choke on to say that labels take to unload DRM in social club for sales to really take off , as he only let his euphony fromeMusicor downloads it illicitly to avoid DRM . Once they dump DRM , he say , iTunes will lose their “ monopoly ” and the market for online euphony will really afford up .
https://gizmodo.com/riaa-boycott-emusics-top-10-albums-242710
As if we needed another reason to idolize David Byrne . You ’re dreamy , David !
Rocker David Byrne Making Sense at SXSW Fest[NY Times ]
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