Jobs wants DRM dead
Source: Apple
In a open letter on the Apple website, Steve Jobs basically tells music companies to drop dead on digital rights management (DRM). That would be the code that makes the music you buy off iTunes only work in iTunes. He says Apple would wholeheartedly embrace DRM-free music if the big four music companies' licenses would allow it. Jobs says "DRMs haven’t worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy." Apple gets a lot of heat for DRM - Jobs is trying to turn consumer fury over to the music companies and away from iPods...which, he reminds us, play all music - DRM or no DRM. Classic Jobs power play. Will it work?
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