On Wednesday 14 January 2009 10:39:54 Eugenio Perea wrote: > 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.
Don't you dare fool yourself that way! DRM in AAC directly benefits Apple. Apple does not license AAC/DRM to any other company, so, if you buy a song from iTunes, you have to own an Apple product to play it. This benefits Apple alone. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
