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RIP Music DRM. -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Jan 6 '09, 11:13

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so already purchased files will become unlocked? -- nm - zork Jan 6, 11:29 3
- I think I saw something where you would "upgrade" your files for $.30 per song. -- nm - Mike Rowe Jan 6, 11:31 1
  - SFAN -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 11:31
- *snicker* yeah right, not when they can make you buy them all over again. -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 6, 11:31
This makes me very happy. My wife can continue to use iTunes (don't have to retrain) and I don't have to futz around with converting her files - oblique Jan 6, 11:15 3
- You should introduce her to Amazon. It imports automatically to iTunes anyway and is cheaper. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:22 2
  - I keep wanting to but she keeps getting iTunes gift cards so I keep delaying. My biggest problem was DRM and now that's going to be a non-issue -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 11:23 1
    - I can't stand searching for music on iTunes anymore. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:26
I know this is really stupid, but what exactly is DRM? TIA -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:15 9
- Digital Rights Media. satan invented it. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 11:17 1
  - management even -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 11:18
- It's why you can't buy a song on iTunes and then email it to all your friends -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 11:16 1
  - (well, you can, but they'd have to pay, too) -- nm - con_carne Jan 6, 11:17
- DRM = software to artificially prevent the copying and sharing of data. - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:16 2
  - So basically one copy can be downloaded now, and shared with others? - MDH Jan 6, 11:21 1
    - well, the goal is to make it ubiquitous, so it works on any media player. Before now, iTunes music couldn't do that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:22
- It's the protection that allows you to only play iTunes songs on iTunes or iPods -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 11:16 1
  - And which prevents other copy-protected music from being played on iPods. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 11:17
I wonder if this the "snag" that has stopped The Beatles coming to Itunes. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:14 10
- iTunes started out with DRM. They didn't want it then. Now iTunes doesn't have DRM. And they still don't want it. The Beatles collection is ... well, - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:19 3
  - This is what I'm thinking too -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Jan 6, 11:22
  - well they were close to a deal this past year, they had released all the solo material from the Fab Four and remixing was being done on the catalog... - Remlik Jan 6, 11:22 1
    - ah, yes, this would be the snag, then -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:23
- I thought the Beatles issue was with the $$ - decline Jan 6, 11:18
- they could have put them on Amazon then. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:15 4
  - why? If the Beatles want to be protected, then why would they go DRM free? -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:16 3
    - I thought you meant they didn't want DRM. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 11:20 2
      - I gotcha...my mistake. I think they do. I think they dont want the one price fits all policy either. -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 11:23 1
        
        the new 1.29 price threshold might be something they were holding out for, then -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:25

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