Free, Legal and Ignored
Nick Timiraos,
Wall Street Journal,
Jul 07, 2006
Even the Wall Street Journal is recognizing the futility of the business models being proposed my online misic services. "College students don't turn down much that's free. But when it comes to online music, even free hasn't been enough to persuade many students to use such digital download services as Napster, Rhapsody, Ruckus and Cdigix." As it turns out, reports the article, people prefer to have music collections that they own, rather than to merely rent. Also, the mishmash of proprietary systems raises the problem of compatibility. But that now leaves universities in a bind, as they were put under considerable pressure to offer the services in the first place. "The RIAA's push to buy into these services strikes me as protection money. Buy in and we'll protect you from our lawsuits," says Kenneth C. Green, the Campus Computing Project's director. Via University Business.
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