Re: News Flash
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:02:48 +0100
Florian Kulzer <florian@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
> It seems to me that Steve Jobs likes DRM very much, as long as it makes
> it difficult for competitors to interoperate smoothly with iTunes and/or
> the iPod. (I know that the end user has relatively easy ways around
As an entrepreneur, DRM must be seen as a "good thing" (tm). Any
technology that would force users to buy new copies of their favorite
songs when they change devices means more $$ to the record companies.
We've seen it before with cassettes and 8 track tapes, and the record
industry saying you couldn't tape your record collection for use in
your car.
Now as a (presently) ipod-less user, I don't have to buy a new cd for
each portable device, car stereo, component or computer cd-rom, at least
not yet. But the drm makes me think that if I had bought stuff from
itunes and my ipod broke, and I bought another similar device, I'd just
have to go to that similar device's store and download and purchas the
same songs again :(.
> Florian
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