Comments on: apple to offer fairplay drm licensing? http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/ gadgets, gizmos, games, cool gadgets, geeky gadgets Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:24:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-786 technabob Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:55:22 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/#comment-786 I don't think that your question has anything to do with Apple, does it? Isn't Telstra Freedom some sort of mobile phone package? Certainly that has nothing to do with Fairplay or DRM. I don’t think that your question has anything to do with Apple, does it? Isn’t Telstra Freedom some sort of mobile phone package? Certainly that has nothing to do with Fairplay or DRM.

]]> By: Jamie http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Jamie Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:17:20 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/#comment-785 Yeah hey i have just put my deal onto freedom and i have called ppl up nd they r my 5 numbers and now i am loosing credit. Could it be that telstra is doing a fairplay? If so how long does it go for? Yeah hey i have just put my deal onto freedom and i have called ppl up nd they r my 5 numbers and now i am loosing credit. Could it be that telstra is doing a fairplay? If so how long does it go for?

]]> By: ManChicken http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/comment-page-1/#comment-784 ManChicken Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:07:14 +0000 http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/17/apple-to-offer-fairplay-drm-licensing/#comment-784 I think it's a great thing that Apple wants to consider consumers... but perhaps they should instead remove their DRM altogether and allow consumers the ultimate freedom of choice. With DRM the way it is now, you're tied to whatever devices are manufactured by companies that were willing to pay "licensing fees" (properly pronounced "blackmail kickbacks") to whatever entities claim "ownership" over the codec (which was designed to be defective). Not all devices are like that. One trend I'm noticing is that many devices are supporting bare-bones DRM support (WMA-DRM), but that's where it ends. MobiBLU doesn't do anything with Fairplay or Playforsure, nor does Neuros, and I think iRiver got rid of DRM altogether. I'm also seeing articles saying that some labels are abandoning DRM altogether (e.g. EMI) and that Yahoo! Music is selling more and more DRM-free music. I think it’s a great thing that Apple wants to consider consumers… but perhaps they should instead remove their DRM altogether and allow consumers the ultimate freedom of choice.

With DRM the way it is now, you’re tied to whatever devices are manufactured by companies that were willing to pay “licensing fees” (properly pronounced “blackmail kickbacks”) to whatever entities claim “ownership” over the codec (which was designed to be defective). Not all devices are like that. One trend I’m noticing is that many devices are supporting bare-bones DRM support (WMA-DRM), but that’s where it ends. MobiBLU doesn’t do anything with Fairplay or Playforsure, nor does Neuros, and I think iRiver got rid of DRM altogether.

I’m also seeing articles saying that some labels are abandoning DRM altogether (e.g. EMI) and that Yahoo! Music is selling more and more DRM-free music.

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