One could argue that unwillingness to license FairPlay was a strategic move in and of itself -- Apple using DRM against itself.
~ ~ ~ thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog work / http://creativecommons.org sights / http://flickr.com/fcb sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis status / http://twitter.com/mecredis On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised no one has brought this up, but I think Apple's lack of > willingness to license their "FairPlay" DRM (coupled with the market > dominance of iPods) did a lot to help spur on the demise of DRM in the > digital music space. No one wanted to sell music that wouldn't work on an > iPod, and any other DRM would not have been compatible. Therefore, the > answer was unDRMed mp3s (a la Amazon). > > That said, I don't think Apple was particularly fond of DRM from the get-go > anyway, so it's not like they were keen to keep the DRM that the recording > industry initially demanded.... > > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm not knowledgeable enough, but I'd be happy to deliver docs, etc and do >> leg work in D.C. >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Rich Jones <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Justice Department is looking into gaming DRM: >>> >>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-feds-note-gaming-drm-woes-ftc-to-hold-town-hall-meeting.html >>> >>> And! They're looking for people to be part of the discussion: >>> https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-DRMtechnologies/ >>> >>> Anybody want to rep FC? >>> >>> Rich >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Donovan >> Georgetown '11: SFS >> 630.849.8285 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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