Comments on: Jobs wants a DRM free iTunes too

By: Rene

Rene — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:50:00 +0000

I wonder. Steve Jobs never does such things without a master plan. What could be his master plan (hidden agenda)? Is he secretly saying: “Music companies get real, or we, Apple, take over the music business?”

Now that would be scary, because a possible near-monopoly of Apple in the music industry would close the music business for a long time to come. No competition, no innovation. I don’t think that even Steve wants that.

I think he’s just teasing the big four, hoping that they will step down from their ivory towers, which have started to crumbled years ago. I don’t think Apple will go into the business of selling contracts to musicians. It’s not in Apple’s interest IMHO.

By: Zionlion

Zionlion — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:50:33 +0000

Yeah Mr J you tell um man!! it would be great to see Microsoft follow in Apples footsteps and DEMAND EMI, Sony ect to “Listen, learn and stop being paranoid.

By: Derick

Derick — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:17:52 +0000

I think Steve Listen’s to Adam’s Maccast. He just copied Adam =)

By: Ken C - The Mac Update

Ken C - The Mac Update — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:38:01 +0000

I was gladt to see that he feels the same way as me.

DRM punishes those who buy media legitimately.

By: Joshua Curtiss

Joshua Curtiss — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:22:42 +0000

â€œSome days you hate Jobs and others you love him.â€

Yeah, what’s up with that Adam? Not that I revere him, but “Some days you hate [him]” seems a bit strong. :-)

By: BJ

BJ — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:16:20 +0000

Kudos to SJ.

I cannot tell you how pleased I am with his approach. He has made me much more loyal to Apple. He will force the digital music business to finally be truly interoperable. He’s got so much pull with these companies that it is going to fix the problem.

However, my question is whether the TV & movie industry will be any less stubborn than the music industry has been.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:37:32 +0000

Kudos to Steve. I couldn’t be prouder of him right now. Not only di dhe pioneer digital music downloads, but he’s contuining to push for the best possible consumers experience.

Steve is 100% correct in saying that that the record companies are selling most of their muisc without any restriction. Beyond that, the vast majority of the music people put on thier iPods is from CDs not digital downloads. So how exactly is DRM helping to stop piracy?

Open up the music. Make it available to any and all music stores and players, just like CDs. The pirates will pirate either way. But the vast majority of us will be very happy to pay for our unrestricted downloads and CDs.

I hope the movie industry is watching this too. They’re proving to be every bit as ornery as the music industry when it comes to downloads.

By: Willie

Willie — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:47:59 +0000

This is a great thing to see. I agree with Steve completely.It is so cool that someone has finally stepped up to these big record companies and told them how gready and paranoid that they are. I mean don’t these record companies realize that if someone wants to steal the music they will do it. Take for example Windows on a Mac. First, We had virtualization with Virtual PC and Parallels. Then We had bootcamp. Now the newest thing is Crossover. The fact of tha matter is, if people want to do it they will and no special technology will change that. I will get off my soap boxx now. Thanks

By: drew olanoff

drew olanoff — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:56:54 +0000

this was definitely a nice thing to read. i’m a big fan of jobs, but not necessarily a fan of apple overall (sorry, i’m still a pc guy). but hearing him say “screw you” to DRM? brilliant.

By: alej744

alej744 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:55:28 +0000

“Some days you hate Jobs and others you love him.”
No, I always love him.