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- parsap, on 10/01/2009, -0/+25Full summary of the article: iTunes LP files are made with HTML and JavaScript.
- enantiodromia, on 10/01/2009, -0/+10When I was at Microsoft, while Vista was still in development, I asked one of the Microsoft Media Player guys why the hell they insisted on using DRM when we all knew it slowed the system down, and sucked for consumers.
He said that of course the Media Player and Windows guys didn't want to use any DRM whatsoever, but due to the current legal climate, there was no way they could not force it upon users.
It may be hard to believe, but the big tech companies (Microsoft, Apple, etc) really don't want any DRM at all, as is slows growth and gimps systems, - redgiemental, on 10/01/2009, -3/+12On February 6, 2007, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., published an open letter entitled Thoughts on Music on the Apple website calling on the "big four" music companies to sell their music without DRM.[15] According to Jobs, Apple does not want to use DRM but is forced by the four major musical labels with whom Apple negotiates contracts for iTunes. Jobs's main points were:
* DRM has never and will never be perfect. Hackers will always find a method to break DRM.
* DRM restrictions only hurt people using music legally. Illegal users aren't affected by DRM.
* The restrictions of DRM encourage users to obtain unrestricted music which is usually only possible via illegal methods.
* The vast majority of music is sold without DRM via CDs which has proven successful. - zephc, on 10/01/2009, -3/+11Proprietary? I can't begin to list the immense number of open standards Apple uses, created and/or helped standardize, so I don't know why they think this would be...
- badtz, on 10/01/2009, -4/+8Apple supports/creates more open standards than Microsoft. FACT
- MSP1, on 10/01/2009, -0/+4"hocking"???
- enantiodromia, on 10/01/2009, -3/+7just look at how Microsoft drags their feet with IE and HTML standards, because they know the only way they can stay relevant, is to slow the ENTIRE industry down while they catch up.
- redgiemental, on 10/01/2009, -0/+3Shortly after the letter some non-DRM tracks were available but it was 2 years until they got full clearance to sell without DRM from the major labels (including EMI).
So no the contracts were not signed as you infer. - colto, on 10/01/2009, -0/+3He spelled it incorrectly. The correct spelling is 'hawking' which is basically vending.
http://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0& ... - phogasmic, on 10/02/2009, -0/+2Right on! I think Apple's support of Webkit has done more to support open web standards then even Mozilla.
- bdbr, on 10/01/2009, -1/+3Apple didn't budge on DRM until well after EMI announced they'd distribute DRM-free music, and Amazon had been selling MP3s. Jobs' "open letter" was released shortly before iTunes started selling DRM-free music - meaning the contracts had already been negotiated, and the deals were sealed. He wasn't pushing the industry anywhere it hadn't already been going.
Apple had everything to gain with their DRM, because the iTunes store was popular and it locked users to Apple products. If interoperability was really their goal, they could have licened FairPlay (or at least not intentionally broken RealPlayer's iPod functionality).
I applaud Apple's removal of DRM, but it really appears to be something forced upon them, despite Jobs' sales pitch. He's a salesman, he'll say anything. - phogasmic, on 10/02/2009, -0/+1I absolutely love that its built on Webkit. This opens up a whole new business to web designers and will advance web design as an art. It will be nice to build some things that are impractical for once.
- DamnMan, on 10/01/2009, -6/+2FairPlay.
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