Website review: Apple - Thoughts on Music
qwe discovered this in Music
•35 reviews since Feb 6, 2007
music, drm, apple
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qwe discovered 18 months ago- Interesting statement from Jobs on DRM
- Karolinger rated 6 weeks ago
- Imagine a world of CDs with DRM. Imagine a world of buying music online without DRM. What would you think the big four companies would like? From the page: "Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music. Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? The simplest answer is because DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy. Though the big four music companies require that all their music sold online be protected with DRMs, these same music companies continue to sell billions of CDs a year which contain completely unprotected music. That's right! No DRM system was ever developed for the CD, so all the music distributed on CDs can be easily uploaded to the Internet, then (illegally) downloaded and played on any computer or player. In 2006, under 2 billion DRM-protected songs were sold worldwide by online stores, while over 20 billion songs were sold completely DRM-free and unprotected on CDs by the music companies themselves. The music companies sell the vast majority of their music DRM-free, and show no signs of changing this behavior, since the overwhelming majority of their revenues depend on selling CDs which must play in CD players that support no DRM system. So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system? There appear to be none. If anything, the technical expertise and overhead required to create, operate and update a DRM system has limited the number of participants selling DRM protected music. If such requirements were removed, the music industry might experience an influx of new companies willing to invest in innovative new stores and players. This can only be seen as a positive by the music companies. Much of the concern over DRM systems has arisen in European countries. Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free. For Europeans, two and a half of the big four music companies are located right in their backyard. The largest, Universal, is 100% owned by Vivendi, a French company. EMI is a British company, and Sony BMG is 50% owned by Bertelsmann, a German company. Convincing them to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace. Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly."
- KJC5050 rated 3 months ago
- Interesting comments re DRM.
- albuddysj rated 15 months ago
- this should happened and it is more appreciated cause it is come from a producer's mind. thanks steve..
- zenetik rated 17 months ago
- Here it is: Steve Jobs' Anti-DRM Manifesto. It's the shot heard around the world in the struggle against DRM.
- goodsoul rated 17 months ago
- Oct 18, 5:44pm, 2005 · When we are all in some form or another paying for poor quality because that is what Corporate America mandates, even though we can get something better for less or even free, it ultimately begs the question: would we need Digital Rights Management if there had been or was now honesty permeating monolithic technology companies?
Since posting my comments on DRM a year and a half ago, I think it appropriate to chime in again by noting that Apple demonstrates through their success how vision and honesty translate into innovation and value. Apple is one monolithic technology company that is so focused on delivering value that the price/benefit ratio is still the most favorable going. Jobs good. - Oct 18, 5:44pm, 2005 · When we are all in some form or another paying for poor quality because that is what Corporate America mandates, even though we can get something better for less or even free, it ultimately begs the question: would we need Digital Rights Management if there had been or was now honesty permeating monolithic technology companies?
- dgirlp rated 17 months ago
- Steve is so smart...and the master presenter.
- ElbridgeGerry rated 17 months ago
- Unlike Windows, packing Vista with as much DRM crap as they can, Apple is going against the grain. Now follow up on the offer, record companies!
- the-fair rated 17 months ago
- From the page: "The problem, of course, is that there are many smart people in the world, some with a lot of time on their hands, who love to discover such secrets and publish a way for everyone to get free (and stolen) music." Oh what a wonderful world we live in.
- dominiccarr rated 17 months ago
- From the page: "So if the music companies are selling over 90 percent of their music DRM-free, what benefits do they get from selling the remaining small percentage of their music encumbered with a DRM system? There appear to be none. If anything, the technical expertise and overhead required to create, operate and update a DRM system has limited the number of participants selling DRM protected music. If such requirements were removed, the music industry might experience an influx of new companies willing to invest in innovative new stores and players. This can only be seen as a positive by the music companies." End DRM. Now.
- AUDIOMIND rated 17 months ago
- Steve Jobs 'openly' discusses why he has implemented DRM into iTunes store and the iPod. For the most part it is yet again the primary fault of Universal, Sony, EMI and Warner. He then goes on to list how to tackle this controversy for future music enthusiasts and even goes so far to suggest abolishing DRM. If he truly is serious about this, I applaud his efforts.
