American Green Inc (ERBB)

[neilbolton]

Stingray


I do not dispute what you say, but ultimately I think it is economics that will decide the issue

I agree.

On one side of the equation is the loss from piracy and on the other is the loss from customers who refuse to buy protected CDs for whatever reason. That is probably measurable by the labels.

But the great unknown that makes all calculations meaningless at the moment is the lawsuits. They go beyond just technical defects but also address other issues such as installing when EULA declined, the EULA itself etc.

Some of the lawsuits are demanded $10K per CD compensation and if successful, would make using protection almost suicidal for the company.

Until those lawsuits are resolved and some principals established, there is no way IMO that the labels are going to release more copy protected CDs. That would simply be compounding their litigation risk.

Would you release a new CD with copy protection that could eventually cost you $10K per individual CD, even if the risk of that happening is small?