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Applaud Apple’s Steve Jobs for Moving the Discussion in the Right Direction

Authored by Scott Goldberg on February 7, 2007 - 5:54am.
Jobs w. iPod A popular theme over the past two years at CES and conferences around the world has been the bashing of Steve Jobs.  The Bashers and the discussion are always the same: Apple’s competitors say the current environment, where Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Apple’s FairPlay exist unchecked, is bad for competition, bad for the economy, and, most importantly, bad for the consumer.

 

Apple CEO Jobs Calls on Labels to Abandon Digital Rights Management

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2007 - 10:35am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple CEO Steve Jobs fired a direct shot at the record industry on Tuesday, in the form of an open letter posted to the company's website that suggests that labels should abandon digital rights management (DRM) technology and release songs for sale in an unprotected format that can play on any device.