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Apple is DRM's Biggest Backer
parvenu74 writes "Arstechnica is running an article pointing out that while some pockets of the entertainment industry are experimenting with DRM-free distribution, Apple Inc, which announced that they have now sold over 2,000,000,000 songs on iTunes, is now the strongest pro-DRM force in digial media. From the article: 'DRM is dying. It's a statement being echoed with increasing frequency around the Web over the last few weeks, and is perhaps best articulated in this Billboard article. But there's a powerful force standing in the way of this DRM-free panacea, and it might not be the one you expect: Apple, Inc.'"
They mostly have DRM so they can segway that iPod purchase into some iTunes purchases
I was going to correct your spelling (segue), but actually considering the very low percentage of songs on most peoples iPods that are actually bought from iTunes, I think you've coined a useful and appropriate new verb.
v. segway - to segway: to vastly underperform based on high initial expectations
Oh no... it's the future.
Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
You should add: "syn. Vista, Zune, Danica"
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"I read that Apple TV works without DRM, well the DVI signal to the TV/monitor is not encrypted. How does that fit into this picture?"
DRM doesn't affect image scaling at all.