gizmodo.com — Jobs makes it obvious at the end that the letter was penned to head off mounting pressure from several countries in Europe, in particular Norway, to drop its FairPlay system and make iTunes tracks and the iPod interoperable with other players and services, respectively, or risk legal action. But what does the letter do besides that?
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jockserFeb 9, 2007
all you fanboys "Thinking About Steve Jobs" would be the termkidding.....
kevincannonFeb 9, 2007
@SystemsGuy: That's up for customers to decide, not technologists.Perhaps there's a market for DRM'd music where you can listen to an album 5 times for free, and share it with your friends for sampling puposes before making a final purchase. Imagine if you could download any album in the world and sample a few times it for legally and for free -- that would be amazing!Similarly, digital movies rentals cannot exist without DRM. I yearn for digital movie rentals. moreso than any other type of business, movie rental is perfect for digital distribution, but it simply cannoy exist without some kind of copy protection.I say, let companies try out DRM, and watch the crappy restrictive DRM methods fail. I'm not going to buy DRMd music unless I know I can still use it in 30 years time. However, i'd happilly rent a movie or watch a TV show with DRM though, as long as I can play it back in a way I find acceptible.We need to stop demonising DRM, and focus on real world applications of it. At the end of the day, how we spend our money will have a far greater impact than any theoretical argument.
naio21Feb 9, 2007
Only if you macbitches unsubscribe from all the other tech sections.
puffycFeb 9, 2007
"Vinyl is the best for fidelity"Umm, OK.