Mobile Carriers Want Cheaper DRM Fees

A group of mobile telecoms operators has called for cheaper DRM royalty fees otherwise they say it might styfle the market for mobile video and audio.

“The association threatened to abandon the open standard and called for new, cheaper digital rights management (DRM) systems, although this could mean fragmentation that would prove frustrating for consumers.

The operators’ complaints follow similar grumbling by manufacturers of mobile phones and consumer electronics, who told Reuters in late February that a $1 royalty per mobile device was too high a price just to protect digital music and video against illegal copying.

They said they would not be able to recoup that amount with revenue from digital entertainment.

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Source: Reuters

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