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Lame, I though apple was against DRM.

Does anyone ever get told to cease and not desist?

Feb 25, 08 - 11:41 am Comment from: Drew_Ill

Apple is only doing this to enforce their agreements with the music labels.

Apple may be against DRM, but contractually, they may be required to enforce it. This actually helps anti-DRM as it shows comsumer demand.

Apple's contracts with the music publishers essentially force them to diligently protect the DRM mechanisms.

Feb 25, 08 - 11:52 am Comment from: Jay-Z

@ Eugh:

Apple is against DRM. Apple is also against violating their contracts with music labels. Said contracts dictate DRM to be used because the music labels demand it. Apple has to enforce it, regardless of what they hope the future of music to be.

Feb 25, 08 - 11:57 am Comment from: HMCIV

Apple is against DRM. But while the music labels have them shackled, they have to protect Fairplay...which the music industries don't like because it only works on iPods etc.

This argument is about to become rediculously silly for everybody, including Apple, RIAA, DVD Jon & consumers. And oooooh it will be fun!

Why is Apple doing this--I thought they were against DRM?

(Just kidding!)

Feb 25, 08 - 12:16 pm Comment from: stormy

The real questions are...

Why is Apple still selling DRM music? Is it collusion among the music labels to make iTunes a smaller player in the digital download market?

Cease - to stop now.
Desist - means to stop, but also to abstain for the future.

So stop now and keep on stopping is presumably what cease and desist means.

Its also three words where one would do, so the lawyers can charge more for it.

Feb 25, 08 - 12:50 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

Hymn Project:
PRAY that Apple legal won't squash yo' ass.

What do people like this expect? DRM isn't a great thing, but it DID open the door for legal downloads. Eventually DRM will disappear.

Feb 25, 08 - 01:03 pm Comment from: silverwarloc

@Stormy:

You need t re-read the entire letter by Ms. Jobs. Then you will understand...hopefully.

>Mr. Reeee wrote: What do people like this expect?

People like what? The ones who re-instate fair use ability of legal purchases? Or the people who want their fair use re-instated?



>DRM isn't a great thing, but it DID open the door for legal downloads.

Agreed. Too bad it squashed fair use quite a bit and misuses DMCA laws to limit competition.

Feb 25, 08 - 01:40 pm Comment from: Cubert

"Hmmmm.....Yoda this is. Cubert dropping off few friends at pool."

"Hmmmm.....Mixed feelings about this I do."

Feb 25, 08 - 02:35 pm Comment from: Willie G

@ Eugh.. clearly your reading skills are sub-par. To quote the last sentence of this very article.. taken from Steve Job's Open Letter:

"...convincing them (the record labels)* to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace. Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly."

*parenthetical annotation made to assist the especially thick

Feb 25, 08 - 03:12 pm Comment from: stormy

@silverwarloc

What letter from Ms. Jobs?

Feb 25, 08 - 04:52 pm Comment from: Logan

I wonder if Ms. Jobs is attractive?

You know, i am beginning to wonder about the s.jobs letter after this. everyone knows that enforcing drm is almost impossible, so why would mr. jobs go to the ends of the earth to stop people from doing it. unless it is to protect something else?

>so why would mr. jobs go to the ends of the earth to stop people from doing it. unless it is to protect something else?


Like iPod sales?