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Marcin Kasperskis available as free downloads on the Internet which will disable the DRM protection so that
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Alexander S@alexs77 no, apple is to praise 100% for bringing DRM-free online music stores mainstream. http://bit.ly/aRGKHq
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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.
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tom mohanUS I Industrialization
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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.
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It is a very competitive market, with major global companies making large investments to develop new music players and online music stores
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iPod users can and do acquire their music from many sources, including CDs they own. Music on CDs can be easily imported into the freely-downloadable iTunes jukebox software
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This is the current state of affairs in the industry, and customers are being well served with a continuing stream of innovative products and a wide variety of choices.
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only 22 out of 1000 songs, or under 3% of the music on the average iPod, is purchased from the iTunes store and protected with a DRM
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The most serious problem is that licensing a DRM involves disclosing some of its secrets to many people in many companies, and history tells us that inevitably these secrets will leak
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An equally serious problem is how to quickly repair the damage caused by such a leak
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This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat.
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Erich FeldmeierDRM, Digital Rights Management, Think different
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Wesley FryerSteve Jobs' ideas from Feb 2007 on DRM and copyright when it comes to music
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The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. 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.
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Steve Jobs
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the “big four” music companies: Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI
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over 70% of the world’s music
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unprecedented
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It is a cat-and-mouse game
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Marco MazzeiConvincing them to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace. Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly.
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Soledad CaballeroSteve Jobs on music and digital rights management (DRM): "Convincing them (EMI, Universal, SonyBNG) to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace."
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Xavier BadosaThoughts on Music Steve Jobs February 6, 2007 With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its
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Andre MalheiroThough 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.
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Michel BauwensWith the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased
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cjliseSteve Jobs invites music major to license DRM-free music online. Great analysis.
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Job's explains how we arrived at DRM and possible alternatives for the future
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Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats.
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David BeckerJobs explaining the iPod and DRM
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Mike StenhousePerhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free.
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Jan Zuppinger"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
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