Posted by Gary Tait on 05/29/06 13:44

John C. Randolph <jcr.nospam@nospam.mac.com> wrote in
news:2006052820004977923%jcrnospam@nospammaccom:

> 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?

So the iPod/iTunes is able to play tracks purchased from online music
vendors that use PlaysForSure (PFS).

And they don't have to PAY a royalty, they could concoct a zero-cost
cross licensing agreement.

> 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.

Same for some other stores, except they chose, or had no choice (for
market reasons), to use PFS.

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