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Apples DRM is what I would consider a "wet paper bag" secure. Apple themselves have told (still tells) their customers how to work around the "DRM". I have yet to meet an ipod user who doesn't and hasn't created their own CDs.

It was and is a dog and pony show for the labels. What Steve loves is ipod sales, the content, they make zero/break even so it really doesn't matter to them if they sell no songs, so long as ipod sales are strong.

Now on the TPM chip, Apple does not sell their OS as a standalone product. The only way to get it off of an Apple machine is to illegally copy it, and guess what, the TPM chip makes the illegal copying not worth it. What evil purpose is the TPM chip performing. You mention it all the time, I'd like to know. In what way does it block legal use? There is no legal expectation to use the Apple OS on non Apple hardware, so, again, what is your beef with it?

I could stand beside you 100% if they sold their OS standalone BUT ALSO required 3rd parties to buy/use/license their TPM chip. They don't, they sell a complete appliance, and one part of the appliance can only work connected to the other half of the appliance.

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Independents: Sieze the Day!  P. Douglas | 02/27/07
Steve Job's transparent gesture  John Zern | 02/27/07
Um hasn't Steve Jobs been on record for a very long time  Laff | 02/28/07
When iTunes first launched....  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Deeds, not words  John Zern | 02/28/07
Money where mouth is  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Do we know every detail of Appl'e's contract with the Music Industry?  Laff | 02/28/07
How would that affect movies?  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Don't know about your second point and I admit I'm curious.  Laff | 02/28/07
Cleanup and change heart  Patanjali | 02/27/07
Two Things  marlinj@... | 02/27/07
Quite true - overall music quality has been steadily declining  archerjoe | 02/28/07
HAHA!!! Priceless quote!!!  NonZealot | 02/27/07
NonZealot...  MacVet | 02/27/07
But I can see his point  John Zern | 02/27/07
Re: NonZealot...  999ad@... | 02/28/07
Your priceless quote is BS  mrlinux | 02/27/07
uh...oh!  Linux Geek | 02/28/07
hypocrisy...  mrlinux | 02/28/07
One thing to consider  TripleII | 02/27/07
iPod Borg  KrUshPruF | 02/28/07
right over your head.  shraven | 03/01/07
Consumers have spoken, DRM is dead as a business model.  TripleII | 02/27/07
Couldnt have said it better.!!!!  mrlinux | 02/28/07
Bad news guys  tic swayback | 02/28/07
Look at it this way fella's  Laff | 02/28/07
"There's more opportunities to monetize the music."  ejhonda | 02/28/07
Conference probably started  Boot_Agnostic | 02/28/07
Sony's technological solutions  GrumpyOldMan | 02/28/07
A hundred years ago...  Henry Miller | 02/28/07
Record companies still don't get it  jtg61 | 02/28/07
The answer is right under their noses...  BitTwiddler | 02/28/07
the brilliant idiot  shraven | 02/28/07
Music companies already have the best marketing...  Anton Philidor | 02/28/07
Music DRM and Revenue  Jaytmoon | 02/28/07
Well-deserved losses  AES2 | 02/28/07
I'm late to the party so this probably won't get read but...  Beat a Dead Horse | 03/01/07

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