Bye, bye DRM?
Wednesday, February 07 2007
Steve Jobs has an excellent letter, Thoughts on Music, where he discusses why iPod uses a proprietary DRM solution. The explanation isn't really anything new, but his comparison between CD sales and iTunes sales is an eye opener. Not to mention his request to the big four music companies to remove the DRM restrictions from online music. Go Steve! :-D
I agree wholeheartedly with him and his theory. I would gladly pay $1/song if it were free of restrictive software and I could play it anywhere. Right now, I'm using a Zune Subscription ($15/mo) and love it, but the flip side to that is if I ever move away from Zune then I lose all of my leased music. I certainly hope the big music companies pull their collective heads out of their collective asses sometime in the near future...I just want my music! ;-)
~tod
