Labels Push for a Unified DRM Standard

Posted by michael on Friday October 8, 2004 @10:05PM from the one-drm-to-bind-them-all dept.

thejoelpatrol writes "Bad news for Apple fanatics but good news for all the crazy slashdotters who want an iPod but feel dirty using Apple's DRM: the labels are getting together and insisting that online stores standardize their DRM methods. Being the providers of the music, the labels clearly wield a lot of power, but so does Apple: without iTunes, the online music business is next to nothing. Will Apple give in? Not if they can help it -- they're on top of the world. Before anyone messes it up, AAC is an open format, while the Fairplay DRM standard is not."

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feel[ing] dirty using Apple's DRM by cockroach2 · 2004-10-08 22:29 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Actually, I think I would feel dirty using ANY kind of DRM, so I can't say that I care too much.
As Cory Doctorow said by egon_b · 2004-10-08 23:04 · Score: 0, Flamebait

DRM systems do not work.
Re:Ultimately, no DRM is the best DRM. by aussie_a · 2004-10-08 23:25 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I too am a content creator. In fact I'm off to the toilet now to create some content. I'll donate it to the public domain though. I'm kind like that.