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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:28 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oday@fas.harvard.edu">oday@fas.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
thirded. I was under the impression the unwillingness to license FairPlay is<br>
what gave them that dominance. Now that they have the market perhaps they<br>
decided that it was simply a good time to ditch the now useless FairPlay.<br>
(especially in light of Amazon's growing sales in the field)<br>
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Apple's move isn't altruistic for the purpose of altruism. It is capitalizing<br>
on a momentum of DRM hatred among consumers by symbolically discarding a now<br>
useless appendage of their software strategy. Not only are they riding a lot<br>
of free press but they are profiting on the conversion of the DRM'd -> MP3.<br>
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Quoting Elizabeth Stark <<a href="mailto:emstark@gmail.com">emstark@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> Indeed, and I second Conley's nomination.<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Fred Benenson <<a href="mailto:fred.benenson@gmail.com">fred.benenson@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
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> > One could argue that unwillingness to license FairPlay was a strategic move<br>
> > in and of itself -- Apple using DRM against itself.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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> ><br>
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Elizabeth Stark <<a href="mailto:emstark@gmail.com">emstark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> I'm surprised no one has brought this up, but I think Apple's lack of<br>
> >> willingness to license their "FairPlay" DRM (coupled with the market<br>
> >> dominance of iPods) did a lot to help spur on the demise of DRM in the<br>
> >> digital music space. No one wanted to sell music that wouldn't work on an<br>
> >> iPod, and any other DRM would not have been compatible. Therefore, the<br>
> >> answer was unDRMed mp3s (a la Amazon).<br>
> >><br>
> >> That said, I don't think Apple was particularly fond of DRM from the<br>
> >> get-go anyway, so it's not like they were keen to keep the DRM that the<br>
> >> recording industry initially demanded....<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Kevin Donovan <<a href="mailto:kdonovan11@gmail.com">kdonovan11@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>> I'm not knowledgeable enough, but I'd be happy to deliver docs, etc and<br>
> >>> do leg work in D.C.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Rich Jones <<a href="mailto:miserlou@gmail.com">miserlou@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >>><br>
> >>>> The Justice Department is looking into gaming DRM:<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>
><br>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-feds-note-gaming-drm-woes-ftc-to-hold-town-hall-meeting.html" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-feds-note-gaming-drm-woes-ftc-to-hold-town-hall-meeting.html</a><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> And! They're looking for people to be part of the discussion:<br>
> >>>> <a href="https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-DRMtechnologies/" target="_blank">https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-DRMtechnologies/</a><br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> Anybody want to rep FC?<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> Rich<br>
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> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
> >>> --<br>
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> >>> Georgetown '11: SFS<br>
> >>> 630.849.8285<br>
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