Also, I'm pretty sure Apple never wanted DRM in iTunes. I believe it was a requirement of the record companies in their neverending quest to infuriate their customers. Now that Apple is the leading distributor of music on the planet, they have enough clout to force the removal of DRM.
Craig Froehle wrote: > While I agree the P2P networks are as hot as ever, that doesn't mean > people are shunning DRM: > > "...iTunes, which sold approximately 2.4 billion songs in 2008..." > (lost the link, sorry) > > That's a LOT of tracks. > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM, ldouglas <[email protected]> wrote: >> they don't - that's why napster, bittorrent, kazaa, limewire, >> yourmp3.net, seeqpod, etc are so popular. >> >> On 1/14/09, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Actually, you can just burn the DRM tracks to CD, then rip that CD to >>> get DRM-free tracks, but that's a lot of hassle. >>> >>> DRM sucks...it has burned so many people so many times that I just >>> don't understand why people put up with it. >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
