Comments on: Apple Openly Supports Death of DRM

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

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

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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.slashdot.org/arti...../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.

By: One Powerful Word

One Powerful Word — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:01:29 +0000

Last 24 hrs !!…

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By: shawn

shawn — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:26:05 +0000

Chris said “I’m not a fan of the RIAA but how does the music industry go DRM-less?”

I think he missed what Jobs was saying. The music industry is DRM-less now: it’s called a CD. People can rip and Limewire to their heart’s content.

By: Babu

Babu — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:19:54 +0000

Let’s just say that DRM has been one big experiment that content companies along with Apple, Microsoft and similar agreeable companies have been conducting in the hopes of monetizing content while controlling user experience. Clearly, DRM goes too far, and the lesson learnt is that we need better ways to make this online music and video thing work for everyone - users, content providers and service providers. There is already a recognition that DRM in its current form does not do that - look at the Zune model for revenue sharing, for example. The most interesting thing is of course Bill Gates and Steve Jobs coming out openly with their less than enthusiastic support for status quo - debate is good, and pretty sure there is room for innovation, and improvements.

Having said that, the option to simply do away with DRM begs the question - how would content companies monetize content? With CDs, it is clear - you have to buy them. With online content, DRM is a way to ensure we can collect money for a sale. I am not convinced that there is a clear solution right now to monetization issue, not even eMusic.

By: Building Ambisonic Bootlegs

Building Ambisonic Bootlegs — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:59:42 +0000

Apple would prefer DRM-free music, industry moving towards DRM-free…

Apple would prefer DRM-free music. There’s no doubt that DRM creates bad user experience… and that is simply not going to help the big music companies pull dollars.
Seems there is an industry shift towards publishing DRM-free content……

By: This is BS

This is BS — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:18:32 +0000

Bill Gates: DRM is lame.
Arrington: Pfft! Bill Gates thinks DRM is lame, that’s funny, because Bill Gates is pretty lame! I’m too cool to record his interviews, because I have a Mac and I’m cool.

Steve Jobs: DRM is lame.
Arrington: Steve Jobs makes a great point! I’m going to capture his arguments with flawless integrity and Bill Gates make Zunes! LAME!!!

TechCrunch, licking Apple’s balls like the rest of the pretentious, white-headphone wearing, condescending Mac Whores.

By: Christopher Sisk

Christopher Sisk — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:02:47 +0000

Also… the title of this article is a bit misleading…

“Apple discusses non-DMR options” would have been more appropriate.

By: Christopher Sisk

Christopher Sisk — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:01:27 +0000

I agree with Hanford on allowing Indie (non-DRMd) music into the iTunes store… As a small independent record label, I can vouch for the difficulty in getting in the iTunes music store… You either have to already make a substantial income off your music or you have to pay a 3rd party to get your music in the store…

They could have addresses this years ago and have not.

I think this is more of a “look at us… we’re the cool guys” statement that will eventually lead nowhere.

By: Hanford

Hanford — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:49:48 +0000

I think this is bogus. This is a stunt by Apple to lead by not angering the mob, and giving lip service to make themselves look progressive. There’s a zillion things Jobs could be doing if he wanted non-DRM’d music on Itunes. Like:

+ 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.
+ Offer “the big labels” a greater percentage of profits for non-DRM’d music sales on itunes.
+ support non-DRMed “give-away” promo music for up and coming artists that want to get reconized.
+ Allow more 3rd party licensees to playback DRMed music, especially for products that don’t compete with iPod (like the Roku home player).

Job is all bark and no bite on this.