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EMI Says Its DRM Will Support The iPod
mbelly writes "Ars Technica has an article about EMI saying that its copy-protected discs will play nicely with the iPod. Problem is, nobody told Apple." From the article: "With the popularity of the iPod, being able to provide copy-protected discs with out-of-the-jewel-box support for Apple's digital music player has been something of a holy grail for the record industry. Macrovision, the company responsible for the copy protection mechanism used on a number of discs, made the claim last year that Apple was about to license FairPlay and that it would provide iPod during 4Q 2004. So far, Macrovision has failed to make good on its claim, and the record labels are left with angry customers who purchase albums only to discover they cannot play the music on their iPods."
...or something else, but strong stuff anyway:
When asked about EMI's statement however, Apple said in so many words that it wants to know what EMI is smoking and where it can get some, stating that there's no agreement in place and none on the horizon.
So, nothing new under the sun. Besides, (still FTFA) what reason is there for Apple to license FairPlay to EMI, Macrovision, or anyone else?
Yeah, that's a good question. Why would Apple support discs with DRM? Making things more cumbersome for their customers does not help their bottom line for sure.
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Apple says differently over at Playlist.