NARM: Retailers call for download standard.(National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers)

Video Business, August, 2006 by Ault, Susanne

By Susanne Ault iTunes dominance hurts newcomers With digital music downloads continuing to eat away at CD sales, music retailers are growing concerned that the use of proprietary digital rights management systems could freeze them out of the market. The National Assn. of Recording Merchandisers issued a statement last week on the eve of the group's annual convention, held Aug.

2-5, calling on record labels and device makers to adopt "interoperable" DRM technologies so music downloaded from any legal Web site will play on any consumer device. "Efforts to grow the legal digital marketplace will be derailed if the entertainment and technology industries do nothing to eliminate the confusion, frustration and disillusionment consumers...

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