Reasoning. Calm, Cool Reasoning.
Steve Jobs just served the world a big fat slice of DRM reality pie:
- iPods play music purchased from stores besides the iTunes Store.
- Apple does not lock down music to keep their iPod on the top.
- 97% of music on iPods was purchased somewhere other than the iTunes Store.
- 90% of music sold by the "Big 4" does not have DRM protection.
The biggest, most exciting remark was to urge the industry to put pressure the Big 4 to stop requiring retailers to sell DRM protected music. He backed up this statement by saying that Apple would jump at the chance to sell music in the iTunes Store without DRM protection. I'm thinking big changes are afoot.
Steve Jobs just served the world a big fat slice of DRM reality pie:
- iPods play music purchased from stores besides the iTunes Store.
- Apple does not lock down music to keep their iPod on the top.
- 97% of music on iPods was purchased somewhere other than the iTunes Store.
- 90% of music sold by the "Big 4" does not have DRM protection.
The biggest, most exciting remark was to urge the industry to put pressure the Big 4 to stop requiring retailers to sell DRM protected music. He backed up this statement by saying that Apple would jump at the chance to sell music in the iTunes Store without DRM protection. I'm thinking big changes are afoot.