Apple - Thoughts on Music
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Saved by 41 people (11 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-02-06
- Bashford on 2008-03-27 - Tags audio , business , copyright , culture , digital , ipod , media , mp3 , music , opensource , osx , security , web
- Jamescallmebrent on 2008-03-21 - Tags DRM , RIAA , copyright , delicious_import , jobs , music , piracy , protection
- Najja7 on 2008-03-14 - Tags drm
- Isaacmao on 2008-02-28 - Tags Copyright , DRM , Music
- Ryancpo on 2008-01-17 - Tags 17 , apple , business , del.icio.us , downloads , drm , free , imported , iphone , ipod , itunes , jobs , music , piracy , software , steve , stevejobs
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To begin, it is useful to remember that all iPods play music that is free of any DRM and encoded in “open” licensable formats such as MP3 and AAC. iPod users can and do acquire their music from many sources, including CDs they own. Music on CDs can be easily imported into the freely-downloadable iTunes jukebox software which runs on both Macs and Windows PCs, and is automatically encoded into the open AAC or MP3 formats without any DRM. This music can be played on iPods or any other music players that play these open formats.
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Steve Jobs
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the “big four” music companies: Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI
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over 70% of the world’s music
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unprecedented
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It is a cat-and-mouse game
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companies
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The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store.
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It is a very competitive market, with major global companies making large investments to develop new music players and online music stores
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only 22 out of 1000 songs, or under 3% of the music on the average iPod, is purchased from the iTunes store and protected with a DRM
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