Majority of music execs hate DRM: "Cory Doctorow:
A new Jupiter Research report reveals that the majority of music execs don't like DRM and think that they could sell more music without it. So, let's see: music fans hate DRM, retailers have DRM, musicians and labels hate DRM, and music execs hate DRM. DRM doesn't work. DRM encourages honest people to save their money and rip off (DRM-free) music on P2P instead. So... Why do we still have DRM?

The survey was conducted between December and January, before Jobs spoke up against DRM technology. It showed that 54 per cent of executives surveyed believe current DRM systems are too restrictive, and that 62 per cent believe that dumping DRM would boost legal digital music sales.

That 62 per cent reflects differently in different sectors: at labels, 48 per cent believe losing DRM would boost sales; outside labels, 73 per cent of music executives think dumping these technologies would boost the market.

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(Via Boing Boing.)