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Posted by admin, Tue Feb 06 10:06:44 UTC 2007
When Bill Gates and Steve Jobs agree about something…
Technology Watch » Blog Archive » Bill Gates : DRM causes too much pain for legitmate buyers
In an honest analysis of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) sector, Bill Gates conceded that DRM is causing too much pain for legitimate users and that few are satisfied with the current state.
Apple – Thoughts on Music
The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music.