--- In [email protected], Eugenio Perea <euge...@...> 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.
Not true. Apple has been sued and criticized by the consumer protection groups of several countries and the EU for their monopolistic use of DRM to tie the iPod to iTunes and their lack of willingness to allow others to license their DRM. They also went so far as to invoke the DMCA to sue RealNetworks for providing software that would allow the iPod to download music from Real in addition to iTunes. Apple loves iTunes and DRM and its likely because of legal action that they are allowing DRM removal. I provided links to related stories in an earlier post. If your curious I can repost those or you can just do a google search. -Harry
