Apple Shuns DRM Efforts So Far

Graff writes "This was found on SiliconValley.com. In an article for the Mercury News, Dan Gillmor talks about how Apple is still standing firm against the Digital Rights Management (DRM) efforts which the entertainment industry is trying to force on the public. There's also another article on the fight for our digital rights in Congress."

Comments

Apple DRM

[weakness69]

Well, when they drop the intel processor into the new MAC this will all be history. Perhaps this is the plan all along while they make you think you are free. What a scam.

Whoa, what's up with Slashdot?

[rampant mac]

I've yet to see one:

"Apple is for Homosexuals" post
or
"It only comes with a one button mouse LOLLOLO!@!!11!!"

Wtf? A pig just flew past my window...

It is just bussiness

[fermion]

Apple is in the bussiness of providing features, usability, and connectivity that will help the consumer. On the Apple ][, for instance, the consumer was largely programers, so the features were programmer oriented with features such as easily accesible slots, built in basic, shape tables, etc. I myself slot mounted Eprom burner and just kept the cover off.

With the Apple ///, they started targeting non-technical users. They included larger amounts of RAM and mass storage(512K, 3 floppies, HD) able to run large applications(for the time). This continued with the Mac, which became a closed platfrom, with a relitively fixed GUI, aimed at consumer who wanted a tool to do general work. Developers complained.

This is related to DRM because DRM is not about helping the user, but of helping the content developer. Apple has no reason to want to make the computer harder to use to satisfy the needs of parties that aren't even customers.

Even if most of the market is Palladium, I think that Apple will continue to supply products to the 5% of the market that is willing to pay for quality.