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

[Elizabeth Stark]

Indeed, and I second Conley's nomination.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Fred Benenson <fred.benenson at gmail.com>wrote:

> One could argue that unwillingness to license FairPlay was a strategic move
> in and of itself -- Apple using DRM against itself.
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> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Elizabeth Stark <emstark at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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....
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>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Kevin Donovan <kdonovan11 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> 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:
>>>
>>>> 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?
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>>>> Rich
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