Comments on: Apple Openly Supports Death of DRM

By: Steve Jobs on DRM | acidlabs

Steve Jobs on DRM | acidlabs — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:24:04 +0000

[...] convince the labels to change their model. The letter is being widely reported in the blogosphere (TechCrunch, Techmeme), and has even made the mainstream media (ABC News, [...]

By: The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax « ArticleSave

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:06:53 +0000

[...] two years ago, Steve Jobs published an open letter to the music industry calling for the death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other [...]

By: zweipunktnull » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs hat ein Einsehen: Ruhe in Frieden, DRM

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:11:12 +0000

[...] dann ist das nicht die ganze Wahrheit. Eher ist es wohl so, dass Steve Jobs auf die Musikindustrie eingewirkt hat, damit sie von dieser unseligen Politik des digitalen Rechtemanagements abweicht. Nicht zuletzt, [...]

By: Two Geeks and a Blog :: Geek News Music :: iTunes DRM-free…oops, We Mean DRM-Fee

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:44:31 +0000

[...] don’t. Anyone feeling like a hostage yet? This from the guy (Steve Jobs) who championed DRM-free music years ago. Say it with me, Gabbers…fail! Spread the [...]

By: Desperate Wealth » Blog Archive » The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:07:00 +0000

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:38:37 +0000

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BitTorrent And Everything Technology Related - BBCCCP.com — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:02:59 +0000

By: The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax

The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion Music Tax — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:44:17 +0000

By: Update: Digital Entertainment Industry Announces One DRM To Rule Them All

Update: Digital Entertainment Industry Announces One DRM To Rule Them All — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:50:52 +0000

[...] because Apple already figured this out a long time ago with its Fairplay DRM on iTunes (which also sucks, but at least it is [...]

By: Apple otevřeně za smrt DRM

Apple otevřeně za smrt DRM — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:59:51 +0000

[...] Apple Openly Supports Death of DRM (TechCrunch) Tagy: Apple, DRM, EMI, FairPlay, iPod, itunes, Kauzy, Sony BMG, Steve Jobs, Universal, Warner [...]

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By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:48:21 +0000

I hope they move DRM free. :-/ This whole DRM business is a pain, and you can get a non-DRM’ed version of any song for free – so I think the people who want to rip the music companies off already are.

By: HugoMe

HugoMe — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:14:44 +0000

Can’t anyone get perspective ?
Apple does not succeed in the ipod because of the fairplay restrictions on other players. Ipod users actually buy very few online music on iPOd (3%)! And they lose the sales to other players.
The truth is Apple would be in a very shaky condition if Vista succeeded to impose their proprietary DRM to customers so that the entertainment industry embraces it. in order to prevent M$ to buid another monoppoly, AAPL needs to prevent Vista DRMs to become widely accepted. So fight the DRM.
And incidentallly, Jobs is right that DRM is harming iPOd and online music business

By: protestant

protestant — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:02:42 +0000

i guess the european countries are singling out apple because they have a huge market share. meanwhile, MS does a good job of screwing over consumers as does sony and any other music player manufacturer.

i’ll be interested to hear the uproar when vista becomes more commonplace and those pissing on apple (with it’s generous drm) will get a whiff of true drm lock-down.

i can only imagine the time, money, talent and other resources wasted on the artifice that is drm.

By: Kula bácsi

Kula bácsi — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:16:11 +0000

WTF cares what Jobs says. Do it or STFU. Meanwhile http://www.emusic.com .

By: Sami

Sami — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:50:38 +0000

One thing that stuck to my mind was that last week the Finnish (yeah, I live in Finland) government agency issued that Apple needs to change the iTunes DRM, that it’s basically against consumer protection laws that music bought from iTunes is only playable on iPod.

http://apple.sl...07/01/23/169252

Also other European countries are calling out for Apple to change the way its DRM works.

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:21:31 +0000

‘Internal Research?

No friggin way – what that boils down to is that iTunes reports back the capacity of the iPod and the percentage of free space left to Apple”

Note to the absurdly paranoid purveyors of FUD – that pretty unlikely – do you have any facts to back up this opinion? but then why would I care if Apple knew how much space was on my iPod?

intarweb is full of bizzare people.

By: Hasan Jafri

Hasan Jafri — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:50:58 +0000

Bye-bye DRM, hello democracy. It’s always good when powerful people see the light, even if they do it a little late in the day. Jobs is right, and Gates is golden. The system doesn’t work and they said so. The future of music will be in models like Amie Street that allow artists and listeners to make their own decisions.

By: matthew

matthew — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:50:14 +0000

“+ Allow any band to sell their music DRM-free thru iTunes “cafe-press” style.
+ Sign indie labels that support non-DRMd music and have them sell it on iTunes.”
Is it not a possibility that the ‘big 4′ record labels require ALL music on iTMS to have DRM for them to allow their own music on there? Im sure this kind of thing is not uncommon in contracts.

I think that Jobs has been in discussions with the labels about the up and coming renewal of their contract with iTunes and the labels have been trying to leverage Universals $1 pirate tax on the Zune – Jobs has got pissed off and said fek you with this open letter.

Good on him.

By: Sylvain

Sylvain — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:02:17 +0000

Why 25% (at least) of the songs available on iTunes Store are not DRM-free ? I mean, no indie label (or almost) wants DRM on its tracks…

By: Drama 3.0

Drama 3.0 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:24:27 +0000

What does “DRM free” mean? Can I buy mp3’s from emusic.com and put them on my website for free downloads? Can I in turn sell them on?

By: Christian Flury

Christian Flury — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:21:23 +0000

I once listened to an interview with the inventor of the mp3 format, and he stated one very wise fact: the entire DRM debate is based on flawed premises in that it’s an illusion that one would be able to enforce intellectual property rights using technical measures. If most of us don’t steal, kill etc., it’s not because it’s technically impossible or illegal, but because we naturally feel it’s wrong. Likewise, the only sustainable way for the content industry to protect their content in the long run is to instil in the general public a feeling that piracy is morally wrong. That’s quite a challenge and it would involve a real public debate, but I don’t think there’s a way around this.