Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma

Posted by kdawson on from the how-FairPlay-works dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Understanding how Apple's FairPlay DRM works helps to answer a lot of questions: why it hasn't been replaced with an open, interoperable DRM that anyone can use, why Apple isn't broadly licensing FairPlay, and why the company hasn't jumped to add DRM-free content from indie artists to iTunes."

3 of 282 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Open DRM? by vought · · Score: 5, Funny

    and that iTunes copy of "I like big butts" you bought will play on all mp3 players except the Zune.

    The song is called "Baby Got Back", you insensitive clod!

  2. Re:Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma? by pkulak · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should make some kind of stripped down computer that you could hook up to your TV and wirelessly stream video to from iTunes. That would even be better then burning a DVD and walking it the 10 feet over to the TV. Those bastards would never do that though.

  3. Re:Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma? by Duds · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it only me that immediately wants to try that now?