A World w/o Digital Rights Management

[Tck13]

Article (about Jobs and Apple) talking about Digital Rights and music.

Link to Article

 

[tiger02]

Go ahead Slim, tell us how it's all a lie and the Jolly Roger that Jobs flew over Apple HQ was just a publicity stunt.

 

[montecristo#4]

The author of that article is clearly just a Jobs apologist.

Jobs has nothing to lose by talking about a "possible" DRM free world. He knows it's never going to happen. And even if it does, it's impact on Apple's business is probably negligible.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by montecristo#4

Jobs has nothing to lose by talking about a "possible" DRM free world. He knows it's never going to happen. And even if it does, it's impact on Apple's business is probably negligible.

Seriously.

Jobs doesn't care. His job is to sell you music with built in restrictions so that the record industry can be paid for putting out ****** music. If he wanted to make iTunes DRM free, he could have done it when it came out. It was a concious business decision on his (and apple's) part to lick the figurative nads of the corporate world. They were amongst the first (if not THE first) to put out downloadable music+DRM and frankly, I'm suprised as hell that it worked as well as it did. Maybe car companies should sell cars that only work with Chevron gas...

 

[Tck13]

http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/n...ic_with_no_DRM

By Steve Ragan Feb 12, 2007, 16:30 GMT


EMI one of the "˜big four' in the music world, is creating buzz stemming from talks held with online retailers to sell unprotected MP3 formatted music. Music with no DRM would be a big step from what EMI currently does which is license music to retailers like Apple's iTunes with some form of DRM included.

According to the Associated Press and the Wall Street Journal, both citing people "˜close to the matter,' EMI is fishing for proposals that will include the amount of upfront payment online music stores will offer in return for the rights to sell EMI's catalogue of music. Bands such as Cold Play, Reliant K, and The Rolling Stones would be included. The latter two artists were included in an online experiment that offered their singles in MP3 format with no installed protection. It was a huge success.

If EMI starts selling music, with no DRM, it could mean tens-of-millions of dollars for the already growing amounts of money, they collect with existing contracts for digital music sales. Will the others in the "˜big four' follow suit? There was no word from Warner, Sony BMG, or Universal, on the subject. Apple would not release a comment on what they called speculation.

Many already know about the letter Steve Jobs posted related to the "˜big four' and asking for the removal of DRM. The Wall Street Journal said in its story that one person close to the report said many major music companies were floating the idea of DRM removal, but EMI is the only one to publicly shop the idea around. Most of the responses to Steve Jobs and his letter were critical, each pointing that the loss of DRM would mean more piracy.
This point was addressed in the letter posted by Steve Jobs, it doesn't stop piracy, and people crack it anyway.

If EMI becomes the first of offer DRM free music online, the others will likely follow along. They are silent now, but that might mean they are watching to see if this new business

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Maybe car companies should sell cars that only work with Chevron gas...

Dude, if they could figure out a way to do that, they would...

Jon.

 

[skalogre]

Jobs is running his RDF again. My assertion that they are no better than M$ (if not worse) is clearly evident.
The DRM is made to tie to a specific device. There is no way he will let go of that - possibly not even in the European markets where governmental agencies are gearing up to force iTunes and competing shops to remove restrictions.

But I will be happy if that happens. I already am a fan of eMusic and various shops that sell unprotected music downloads.

 

[dkzzzz]

The death of recording industry is imminent. Thank you internet. The fuking industry that employs a bunch of hacks and scams artists of 95% of their royalties while providing nothing to the public but payola and ****** music.

 

[Englandmj7]

I work in the music industry and am very involved in this issue.

.......interesting article.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Englandmj7

I work in the music industry and am very involved in this issue.

...Satan, is that you?!?!?

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

...Satan, is that you?!?!?

 

[briancl]

Originally Posted by dkzzzz

The death of recording industry is imminent. Thank you internet. The fuking industry that employs a bunch of hacks and scams artists of 95% of their royalties while providing nothing to the public but payola and ****** music.

It's a classic case of big business resiting change. New media is here, but the guys with the deep pockets still want to live their posh lifestyles. I mean, I can understand the business reason for resisting change, but it gets to a point where it really stifles innovation and hurts the economy.

 

[skalogre]

Originally Posted by briancl

It's a classic case of big business resiting change. New media is here, but the guys with the deep pockets still want to live their posh lifestyles. I mean, I can understand the business reason for resisting change, but it gets to a point where it really stifles innovation and hurts the economy.