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.'"

Comments

A low blow even by Democrat standards...

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, did anyone doubt that the November Congressional elections would usher in a new era of pettiness and nonconstructive criticism about the war in Iraq? As the editorial notes, leading Democrats wasted no time in attacking the President's change in strategy before they had even heard the details, and as usual their mindless carping was not accompanied by alternate solutions.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122007/postopinion/e ditorials/boxers_low_blow_editorials_.htm?page=0

Re:yes and No

[Fahrenheit 450]

I agree with you man... I am so sick of having to hook my turntable up to my computer so I can get the music from my LPs onto my iPod.
And I'm still pissed that my CD player won't take my 8-tracks...