Super Jobs to Rescue Music Lovers from Evil DR.M
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Written By Kate Zimmermann | February 6, 2007 | Share This
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The valiant Steve Jobs is sticking up for the little people once again - today he called on the music labels to abandon their anti-piracy software and join hands to promote a DRM-free world. Says Jobs, “In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players.” And the flowers all bloom, and the clouds taste like marshmallows and everyone hums along to Kum Ba Ya. okay okay… Here’s more of what Jobs wrote,
“In 2006, under 2 billion DRM-protected songs were sold worldwide by online stores, while over 20 billion songs were sold completely DRM-free and unprotected on CDs by the music companies themselves. The music companies sell the vast majority of their music DRM-free, and show no signs of changing this behavior, since the overwhelming majority of their revenues depend on selling CDs which must play in CD players that support no DRM system.
“So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system? There appear to be none…If such requirements were removed, the music industry might experience an influx of new companies willing to invest in innovative new stores and players. This can only be seen as a positive by the music companies.”
His post is a response to the recent protests in Europe against iTunes. Though a bit strange coming from the head of a company notorious for their DRM-encrypted music, at least he’s campaigning for the right side.
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Topics: Apple |