____/ Rick on Wednesday 27 February 2008 11:22 : \____
> 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???
>>>
>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | 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.
It would be interesting to find out if Apple acted upon the request of the
label here or actually did this out of choice (to keep customers locked in to
iPods/iTunes). I know what Apple would /prefer/ to tell us and what it would
prefer to actually /do/. It's like Microsoft and the ultimate excuse for any
business choice: "security reasons" (a bit like the T-word, "terrorism").
--
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