07 February 2007
Steve Jobs Makes Statements Against DRM
In a not so surprise move, Steve Jobs has called for the abolishment of DRMs in music. He states that lack of DRMs would be the best option for consumers buying music as they could play music on any music player from any store. Currently Apple, Sony and Microsoft all have different DRMs on the music sold in their stores that prevent music from being played on other players. Jobs says Apple would only choose DRM-free music if the music companies would allow Apple to sell the music without requiring a DRM.
DRMs haven't worked to stop piracy according to Jobs and he doubts that they will work in the future. He also points out that online music is the only music sold with DRMs. CDs are sold without protection which allows the content to be pirated.
Jobs has asked people and groups concerned about DRMs in music to make their interest and concern known to the music industry. He points out that most of the concern is coming from Europe and two of the four big music companies are European owned, Universal is completely owned by Vivendi (France), EMI is British and Sony BMG is half owned by Bertelsmann (Germany).
To learn more about DRM, I suggest going to StopDRMNow.org or Wikipedia.
DRMs haven't worked to stop piracy according to Jobs and he doubts that they will work in the future. He also points out that online music is the only music sold with DRMs. CDs are sold without protection which allows the content to be pirated.
Jobs has asked people and groups concerned about DRMs in music to make their interest and concern known to the music industry. He points out that most of the concern is coming from Europe and two of the four big music companies are European owned, Universal is completely owned by Vivendi (France), EMI is British and Sony BMG is half owned by Bertelsmann (Germany).
To learn more about DRM, I suggest going to StopDRMNow.org or Wikipedia.
Labels: Apple, drm, mp3, Steve Jobs
