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Labels Push for a Unified DRM Standard

Posted by michael on 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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  1. free ipods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Re:Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:How long is it... by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Once again: a monopoly by itself is not illegal; abusing one's position as a monopoly is.

    And ironically, a patent is a legal means of acquiring a temporary monopoly on a specific piece of technology, after which the patent holder is free to (in practice, think software patents) abuse their legally aquired monopoly at will.

    --
    .: Max Romantschuk :: http://max.romantschuk.fi/
  4. Re:Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I'll stick with Mr. Smirnov... Guiness is for lightweights.

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  7. Re:Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  8. Re:As if apple ever had any leverage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Actually your wrong Apple has a lot of clout. As it is the record labels tried and failed to renegotiate the .99 a track deal and Apple flat out said no. Your also wrong in think its a 50% marketshare (its actualy around 70% accourding to soundscan.)

    Actually you're post and it's spelling errors everyware ecensially made me cry... I kid you not.

    Here you are:

    • "your" is the possessive form of "you" (your spelling is incorrect)
    • "you're" is a contraction of "you are" (you're spelling incorrectly)
    • "its" is the possessive form of "it" (every word has its spelling)
    • "it's" is a contraction of "it is" or "it has" (it's basic orthography, it's been said before but sadly with no results whatsoever)
    Print this post out, mod as informative, do as you wish. I just couldn't leave it uncorrected.
  9. cheap leagal downloads that work with itunes/ipod by kirasaw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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