http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
This appeared on Apple's homepage today. Basically, it's Steve Jobs saying that DRM (Digital Rights Management) is useless, as 90% of music (physical CD's) comes with no DRM. Somewhere, Mitch Bainwol (the head of the R.I.A.A.) is banging his head against a wall.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
I'm Glad Steve Jobs Agrees With Me
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This statement, while i agree with it wholeheartedly, is self-serving. He's going to say at the end of 2007 "see what a visionary i was". He's never said this before, but by doing it now, when the tide is already shifting towards non-DRM in the industry, means little or nothing coming from him.
He's worried about iPod sales more than DRM.
I'm more concerned with the consequences of Jobs's declaration than I am with the reasons behind it. I believe that getting rid of DRM is a win for everyone. Now if they can offer something more than just a 128k aac file...
DRM has nothing to do with the audio quality of a file. it has everything to do with it's interoperability on different platforms.
check out www.hypebot.com. that post above was meant for this thread.
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