Posted by NRen2k5 on 11/17/55 11:48

zoara wrote:
> Who said anything about DRM?

Must have been me.

> The implication that the iPod suffers from restrictive formats and a single
> source for music is quite simply incorrect.

When it comes to popular music, there are only three ways you can buy it:
- On a medium such as CD.
- Using WMA-DRM
- Using AAC with Fairplay

Fact of the matter is that iPod does not support WMA-DRM, which is what
/most/ online music stores use.

> I have never once used the
> iTunes music store; I have no DRM-sourced music on my iPod. Yet it is full,
> and it is full of music that I have legitimately purchased from a number of
> sources - including online ones. So none of my music is in a restrictive
> format and none of it is available from a single source.

You cannot play WMA-DRM on your iPod. You cannot play any Fairplay
tracks on any MP3 player other than the iPod.

I don't care how comfortable you are with the restrictions - they're
still there, and as much as you'd like to ignore them, you cannot deny
that they are there.

> Please don't support this astroturfing campaign. It's just Sandisk hoping
> to persuade people by paying Grey Direct to get their employers to pretend
> to be grass-roots campaigners. Or are *you* employed by Grey Direct as
> well?

I don't even have a clue what you're talking about.

- NRen2k5

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