I believe Fairplay would be a decent DRM to use generally speaking. The only problem with Apple really doing a subscription service is the fact that Fairplay is really really weak, basically just a deturrant. I mean JHymn keeps getting updates that work quite well every month or so. Honestly, I believe they need to go back to square one and re-do their DRM system. Or just "Think Different" and license Windows Media DRM from MS. I bet that if they were willing to work with Microsoft they could get MS-DRM 10 on the Mac and integrated into iTunes/Quicktime. People may not like Microsoft, but their DRM system does work better than any other, thus guaranting the iPod a subscription model with few updates/head-aches.
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I believe Fairplay would be a decent DRM to use generally speaking. The only problem with Apple really doing a subscription service is the fact that Fairplay is really really weak, basically just a deturrant. I mean JHymn keeps getting updates that work quite well every month or so. Honestly, I believe they need to go back to square one and re-do their DRM system. Or just "Think Different" and license Windows Media DRM from MS. I bet that if they were willing to work with Microsoft they could get MS-DRM 10 on the Mac and integrated into iTunes/Quicktime. People may not like Microsoft, but their DRM system does work better than any other, thus guaranting the iPod a subscription model with few updates/head-aches.