Posted by Neill Massello on 02/10/07 03:27

Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:

> Yes, but is the RIAA listening? Emphatically NO! I heard a rep from the
> RIAA debate a lawyer from the EFF this morning on CNBC. The EFF lawyer
> asked why not just use existing copyright law to deter copying. The RIAA
> response was the same old stuff which amounted to 'it's not practical'
> (my paraphrase, not a direct quote). And he didn't address Steve's point
> about DRM 'secrets' being leaked from companies who license FairPlay.
> Since Apple and not the RIAA would be responsible for fixing the DRM
> protection after such a leak, the RIAA man's comments seem fatuous at
> best.

The official response from the RIAA (reported in the Wednesday's NY
Times) and the comments by Warner's Edgar Bronfman (reported in
Computerworld on Friday) were to misread what Jobs wrote -- so
perversely as to leave little doubt that they are either dimwitted or
dishonest.

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