Indeed, and I second Conley's nomination. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Fred Benenson <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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