Comments on: Thoughts on Jobs’ Thoughts http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/07/thoughts-on-jobs-thoughts/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Al http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/07/thoughts-on-jobs-thoughts/#comment-2736 Al Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:29:25 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2084#comment-2736 It is clear that 90% of music sales, CD's, are DRM free and 10% of music sales, online, have DRM. It's obvious that if most music can be ripped DRM free and posted on P2P sites then the other 10% does not need DRM to prevent the very same thing from happening. It's also obvious that DRM is not Apple's idea, it is a requirement of the copyright holders. They want Apple's product DRM'd but they do not DRM their own product. Talk about unfair retail practices. The Labels do not have a leg to stand on. They must forget about online DRM. Consumers rights groups the world over demand interoperability. Only The Labels can give that. It is clear that 90% of music sales, CD’s, are DRM free and 10% of music sales, online, have DRM.
It’s obvious that if most music can be ripped DRM free and posted on P2P sites then the other 10% does not need DRM to prevent the very same thing from happening.
It’s also obvious that DRM is not Apple’s idea, it is a requirement of the copyright holders. They want Apple’s product DRM’d but they do not DRM their own product. Talk about unfair retail practices.
The Labels do not have a leg to stand on. They must forget about online DRM. Consumers rights groups the world over demand interoperability. Only The Labels can give that.

]]> By: Guy http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/02/07/thoughts-on-jobs-thoughts/#comment-2734 Guy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:23:15 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2084#comment-2734 Hi: My take on this is that, in the face of increasing pressure on Apple from European countries about their DRM, Steve Jobs is clarifying the reasons why DRM is there in the first place-namely pressure from the music companies-and also, to the benefit of consumers, clarifying that Apple would go along with DRM-free music if the music companies agreed to do it. They are the ones who wanted DRM, not Apple. For Steve Jobs to clarify this makes absolute sense to me particularly in light of the current pressure on Apple from the countries in question. If that isn't 'leading the charge' I don't know what is. Apple's innovation with the iTunes Music Store & iPod ecosystem came at price-DRM. Hopefully now we can move on-and what's he's suggesting may help get us there. This to me isnt' shirking Apple's responsibility-it is clearly explaining why the situation is what is and what needs to be done to change it. Hi:

My take on this is that, in the face of increasing pressure on Apple from European countries about their DRM, Steve Jobs is clarifying the reasons why DRM is there in the first place-namely pressure from the music companies-and also, to the benefit of consumers, clarifying that Apple would go along with DRM-free music if the music companies agreed to do it. They are the ones who wanted DRM, not Apple. For Steve Jobs to clarify this makes absolute sense to me particularly in light of the current pressure on Apple from the countries in question. If that isn’t ‘leading the charge’ I don’t know what is. Apple’s innovation with the iTunes Music Store & iPod ecosystem came at price-DRM. Hopefully now we can move on-and what’s he’s suggesting may help get us there. This to me isnt’ shirking Apple’s responsibility-it is clearly explaining why the situation is what is and what needs to be done to change it.

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