Jez;143068 Wrote:
> I saw this and obviously was interested. But on reading deeper, what Jon
> is offering is the ability to ADD Fairplay DRM (or a clone of it) to
> content to enable it to play on Apple systems.
>
> I'm not sure exactly who this helps, but I'm probably being dim.
>
Anyone who wants to sell music that will play on an iPod -- think
Rhapsody, Napster, Yahoo, or anyone else who licensed DRM from
Microsoft. They'd LOVE to have their stores work with iPods.
Of course, this isn't really that, because if Apple didn't license it,
Apple can (and based on historical precedent, will) break it whenever
it feels like it.
Clarification -- anyone who wants to RENT music that will play on an iPod. Emusic, Magnatune, and the other DRM-free music stores sell music that will play on an iPod right now, because iPod plays un-encumbered MP3s just fine.
You're spot-on with the second paragraph though. DVD Jon will spend the next few months touring those companies for the dog-n-pony, but he's not going to sell enough licenses to cover his plane fare.
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"I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,
So across the Western ocean I must wander" -- traditional
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