odujosh wrote:I don't believe in the villanazation of Microsoft. Microsoft primary concern with DRM is creating a market that the music industry and the fans could see as fair. We can argue till the cow comes home about execution. I think the fact that there is an industry built up around both platforms (DRM and Apple) both sides can easily say they were successful and the market has benifited.
For the first time we have all you can eat subscription formats that would not exist without IPODs and DRM. For that I think we should be thankful. Really it is just a break even game: Do you spend more than X on music per year? If so _fill in subscription service here_ makes sense. The something for nothing all you can eat uncontrolled model will never work. The big question this article raises thats the lynch pin of trust is how do we flexibly tell if consumer x has bought rights to listen to x.
But ITunes is the leader of the pack when it comes to DRM, talk about defective by design! Fair Play is one of the most restrictive ones, especially compared to the Microsoft one...
