Alright, I think I'm going to draft something soon ...
~ ~ ~ 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 3:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > thirded. I was under the impression the unwillingness to license FairPlay > is > what gave them that dominance. Now that they have the market perhaps they > decided that it was simply a good time to ditch the now useless FairPlay. > (especially in light of Amazon's growing sales in the field) > > Apple's move isn't altruistic for the purpose of altruism. It is > capitalizing > on a momentum of DRM hatred among consumers by symbolically discarding a > now > useless appendage of their software strategy. Not only are they riding a > lot > of free press but they are profiting on the conversion of the DRM'd -> MP3. > > Quoting Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]>: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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