[FC-discuss] What really kills DRM in music?

[Elizabeth Stark]

I'm surprised no one has brought this up, but I think Apple's lack of
willingness to license their "FairPlay" DRM (coupled with the market
dominance of iPods) did a lot to help spur on the demise of DRM in the
digital music space. No one wanted to sell music that wouldn't work on an
iPod, and any other DRM would not have been compatible. Therefore, the
answer was unDRMed mp3s (a la Amazon).

That said, I don't think Apple was particularly fond of DRM from the get-go
anyway, so it's not like they were keen to keep the DRM that the recording
industry initially demanded....

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Kevin Donovan <kdonovan11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not knowledgeable enough, but I'd be happy to deliver docs, etc and do
> leg work in D.C.
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Rich Jones <miserlou at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> The Justice Department is looking into gaming DRM:
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-feds-note-gaming-drm-woes-ftc-to-hold-town-hall-meeting.html
>>
>> And! They're looking for people to be part of the discussion:
>> https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-DRMtechnologies/
>>
>> Anybody want to rep FC?
>>
>> Rich
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