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Reference
Title: | Digital Rights Management: What the Consumer Wants |
Author: | Marc Fetscherin [Rollins College] |
Source: | Journal of Digital Asset Management 2, no. 3/4: 143-149 |
Year: | 2006 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Music |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To investigate consumer acceptance of DRM (Digital Rights Management) systems. |
Sample: | 174 students |
Methodology: | Anonymous web questionnaire |
Main Findings
Any restriction on playability (in number or in time) will most probably be rejected by consumers who perceive it as a constraint in their use of the digital content. Restrictions on the right to burn, copy onto PC/mobile devices were not perceived as main obstacles. Respondents were indifferent about the possibility of converting the formats of media files.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]