On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:47:29 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
____/ Rick on Tuesday 26 February 2008 23:46 : \____
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:01:45 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
iTunes legal silences Hymn
Does Hymn use Linux???
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| Apple has fired a cease and desist order against the developers
behind the | open-source Hymn Project.
|
| Hymn develops software that strips Apple's FairPlay digital rights
management | (DRM) technology from user's iTunes purchases, allowing
music fans to play | their music on devices other than those from
Apple. `----
I play music I DLed from the itunes Music Store on my Palm TX.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?
newsid=20538&pagtype=allchandate
Shame on Apple.
Shame on Apple for enforcing the DRM limitations that the is a
condition of the contacts with the record labels?
Rick, I agree to the extent that they fulfil a contract, but the way
they handle this has become a pattern. Have you seen what they recently
did to an Apple Web site that gave an earlyglimpse at Apple products
(they gagged it)? There are other such examples. In this case, it's
quite likely that Apple assists DRM rather than fights it. What's with
that open (PR) letter from Jobs?
Dunno. Maybe its classic Jobs misdirection.
How many labels have /NOT/ dropped DRM yet?
Who knows? If I want to buy music that I can't get from Amazon, I will
consider Apple, but only until it is available on Amazon.
