La gestion des DRM en perspective

5- Right of Listening

At Numéricable^237(*), in certain cases, it is possible that with « certain remote loadings S [oient] assigned restrictions by the holders of rights (houses of discs). That relates to the free remote loadings in general. The screen of the details titles will then indicate the number of readings to you to which you have right ».

In the same way, certain remote loadings comprise a restriction of the number of days during which you will be able to listen to the title; this is indicated on the screens of details of the titles. After this period, you will not be able to play the title any more. There is also the case where the title cannot be played any more after a cut off date .

This policy will be also pursued by Fnac for : « certain songs in free remote loading (...) proposed on a purely promotional basis with the direction where you can listen to them only during one number of days limited, or for a number of listenings limited or until a deadline ».

The restriction of the rights to listening seems in the studied offers to be reserved in France for free titles. One can wonder whether this model is relevant. Would not be worth it to better give a right of listening in « streaming » free him without possibility of copy without giving an access in remote loading which could be capable to frustrate the user at the time of later listenings. Indeed, it would be tiresome for the consumer to have, with each piece among the unit it « playlist » that it was constituted, to check the rights associated with the file.

Recently, as we already specified, Microsoft announced that it planned to set up a system DRM in its MSN Service Music. This one, entitled «Janus enables songs distributed under has subscription model to portable Be transferred to devices, with has built in «time bomb» that enables songs to expires in the vent that has customer' S subscription lapses ».^238(*) Thus, the model which could prevail and begin this autumn, will be that of the subscription with the chart via various people receiving benefits. Moreover, the use by Microsoft, like APPLE of a format owner will reinforce the seizure of industries on the future standards.

* ²³⁷ http://sib1.od2.com/common/frameset/frames.asp

* ²³⁸ David Worthington, BetaNews, Microsoft Remakes DRM for MSN Music Service, March 29th, 2004. www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=1080606040