[Dean's World] Dean: Digital Rights Management

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Posted by Dean:
Digital Rights Management
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   Steve Jobs of Apple Computer has published an [1]proposing to end
   Digital Rights Management software in music.

   Digital Rights Management being what we old-timers in the computer
   industry used to call "copy protection."

   Copy protection is stupid. I agree with Jobs.

   I am a little more sympathetic to the music industry on this than I am
   the movie and television industries, though. They're going to have a
   harder time finding alternative paths to making money. But, short of
   creating a police state to protect the interests of the music
   industry, they're going to have to bite the bullet and find those
   alternative means.

   The Wall Street Journal has a [2]pretty good look at the issue from
   all sides, though.

References

   1. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
   2. http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page94?oid=67686&sn=Detail