On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:02:48 +0100 Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED] change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
