Posted by John C. Randolph on 05/29/06 03:00

On 2006-05-23 14:01:22 -0700, NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> said:

> Apple refuses to support WMA-DRM on the iPod.

Help me out here... Why should Apple pay a royalty to Microsoft for
their DRM system, when they already have one that does what it's
supposed to do?

If it was up to Apple (or any other hardware maker, for that matter),
they wouldn't even have a DRM system in the first place. Fairplay
exists because that's what the recording companies demanded before
they'd make their catalogs available on the iTMS.

> I can see this turning into a circular argument again. Always the same
> thing with you Apple toadies.

This is truly the astroturfuing amateur hour.

-jcr

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