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Posted by Daniel Packman on 02/08/07 17:52
In article <1ht8ee9.1bhr4vj1nakvb9N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>,
Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>Daniel Packman <pack@users.forethought.net> wrote:
.......
>> His arguments are reasonable about Apple continuing to closely
>> hold and control its own DRM, but his argument that there shouldn't
>> be any DRMs is a bit less strong. Sure, the majority of music is still
>> sold via cds that are DRM free. But there is a dichotomy of use.
>> If online music were free from DRM, it isn't obvious that this
>> woulnd't affect user's habits of exchanging music.
>It is extremely easy to bypass iTunes DRM to then go and pirate music
>bought from the iTunes store. So how would removing this pointless DRM
>substantially change anything? Pirates will continue being pirates and
>other users will continue paying for the majority of their music.
By easy you mean rip to cd and then slurp back in?
I think there are psychological barriers. If these are modest, they
still guide behavior. If they disappear, then behavior can change
radically. Perhaps Apple has done some research on its own.
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