Anti iTunes DRM protest June 10th, 2006 »

Posted by: Fabienne 2 years, 4 months ago

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Tomorrow demonstrations against Apple iTunes DRM will take place in front of several Apple stores. Even if you love your iPod and Apple products, it doesn't mean you have to agree with the crippling DRM placed on music you have purchased from the iTunes Music Store. Demonstrations will take place at 10AM local time in San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, New York City, Cambridge, among other cities.

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Matthew
June 15, 2006, 11:40 p.m.
I find Apple's FairPlay DRM to be annoying, and I've been known to strip the DRM from a song or two. I'm not going to go around giving music away, and I'd like to live in a world where Apple could trust that all their customers aren't criminals. However, things being as they are, I have to praise Apple for creating and fully utilizing FairPlay; it's the bridge that finally made the record companies, en masse, comfortable enough to put their titles online for purchase. Of all the DRM systems out there, Fairplay is the least sneaky (I'm looking at YOU, Sony...), and the most convenient (your turn, Microsoft PlaysForSure) of all the rights-management schemes in place today. It's not that tough to deal with, and it's certainly been proven to be a necessary evil. Maybe if everyone had just obeyed the simple little phrase that's been stuck to every new iPod since the original 5GB model, we wouldn't be having this discussion. In case you forgot, the sticker says "Don't Steal Music".
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Fabienne
June 16, 2006, 9:41 a.m.
Matthew: I agree wholeheartedly. I find myself needing to play iTunes purchased tracks on more than one machine or device, and even in non-iTunes supported operating systems.
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Dygital
June 21, 2006, 3:31 a.m.
The 5-machine rule in itunes is a little controlling. Argh. Thats why I still stick with my Sharaza (Gnutella/ED2K based) file sharing service.
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duck duck noose
July 18, 2006, 9:13 p.m.
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