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- columb, on 01/08/2009, -0/+9***** DRM!
(had to) - cmister, on 01/08/2009, -0/+8I really enjoyed reading all the mainstream news reports about Apple dropping DRM - hopefully this will help accelerate the general publics awareness of the issue.
- Borbus, on 01/08/2009, -0/+7I love how Apple say that it is "really easy" to upgrade your library to DRM-free. Of course, most people have to work quite hard to get the $0.30 per song that it costs to "upgrade". So how is that "really easy", Apple?
- bootup, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6Now if they would only base their music players on the standards (like a USB mass storage device for instance) and not try to restrict where they can use their audio players it I MIGHT consider buying one. Honestly though they are really just overpriced peaces of garbage anyway. Anybody who thinks otherwise just bought into the hype that Apple paid for regarding the 'higher quality' and ease of use. Stuff that isn't standardized isn't easier to use. Sandisk also includes U3 (another program that makes their flash drives harder to use). It is therefore not integrated (it doesn't just pop up when you insert it until required software- if it is even supports the particular system/device) is installed). It isn't integrated and most users just don't know how or aren't good at installing software.
- Moegopher, on 01/09/2009, -0/+5DRM was dropped from music iTunes, however it will still be in videos and games.
- Sonan, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3A coworker's son had an ipod, with lots of purchased songs from itunes, but it broke and they had no idea why the songs wouldn't play on the mp3 player they bought to replace it. I knew itunes used some proprietary format, so I researched how to convert it only to find that you apparently have to burn all the songs to CDs and then rip them back off! I literally laughed outloud. Anyway, I guess now I can tell them about their other option, of re-buying all of their songs in a standard format. Either way, they're screwed.
- TheKitchenSinkX, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3That's ridiculous. Unless they're actually pricing the DRM-free songs at $1.30 now, which would also be ridiculous anyway, there's absolutely no reason to make people pay that. I'm glad Apple is DRM-free now, but it seems to me that they're just doing it as a business move; DRM-free advocates will actually buy now and people who have bought in the past have to pay more. If they didn't want to look like jackasses they'd move to DRM-free without a price tag.
- dracuella, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3Like the rest of you, I'm really happy they've seen the light (or at least caved in and perhaps seen a little of the downside to DRM) and taken this decision. But I also feel truly sorry for all the people who've purchased oodles of music tracks who now have to spend a fat wad of cash to escape the shackles. I've sort of shunned iTunes because of the format and the stupid rules about you only being able to purchase from iTunes.[insert-your-country-code-here]. This has made a lot of music inaccessible to me (anime songs from japan; newest rock from the US etc). So I've only just purchased a few tracks and the few pennies this will cost me is relatively irrelevant to my purse. Shameless is what it is. Shameless
- davecachia, on 01/08/2009, -0/+2I am glad that Apple has dropped DRM. Now I will actually buy music, because it will be MY music unconditionally; no DRM contract.
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