I just saw an interview with Nokia's CEO and he said that their strategy is based on openness. I assumed that 'open' meant 'no DRM'. WMA DRM is by no means open. Fairplay allows me to view on my ipod, iphone, apple tv and various Macs (and if I burn to CD, to any CD player). WMA DRM allows me to play the song on my N80...and my...well that's it! I don't own windows, I dont own a zune, I don't own another WMA player - sooooo....how exactly is it open?
Another blind Apple-fanboy. It is not any more or less open than Fairplay. Just because you happen to bend over for Steve Jobs and own every single Apple-product, and thus be able to play Fairplay songs on your computer and iPod doesn't mean that Fairplay would be any more open. Fairplay and Windows DRM are exactly the same shit. For your personal use Apple Fairplay might be better but don't arrogantly try to say it's any better than WMA DRM just because you have a couple Apple devices.
Actually I am not claiming that fairplay is better than WMA DRM. I am taking issue with the CEO's comments that Nokia is going the 'open route'. For my use, fairplay is OK. I don't purchase any music from iTunes, but if I did I already own an iPod, I own a Mac, and on my windows machine I use iTunes - so it wouldn't be a problem. With WMA DRM, I can't use anything I may buy on my Nokia phone on my mac - period.
If nokia is going for open, then let them go DRM-free.
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I just saw an interview with Nokia's CEO and he said that their strategy is based on openness. I assumed that 'open' meant 'no DRM'. WMA DRM is by no means open. Fairplay allows me to view on my ipod, iphone, apple tv and various Macs (and if I burn to CD, to any CD player). WMA DRM allows me to play the song on my N80...and my...well that's it! I don't own windows, I dont own a zune, I don't own another WMA player - sooooo....how exactly is it open?
Another blind Apple-fanboy. It is not any more or less open than Fairplay. Just because you happen to bend over for Steve Jobs and own every single Apple-product, and thus be able to play Fairplay songs on your computer and iPod doesn't mean that Fairplay would be any more open. Fairplay and Windows DRM are exactly the same shit. For your personal use Apple Fairplay might be better but don't arrogantly try to say it's any better than WMA DRM just because you have a couple Apple devices.
Actually I am not claiming that fairplay is better than WMA DRM. I am taking issue with the CEO's comments that Nokia is going the 'open route'. For my use, fairplay is OK. I don't purchase any music from iTunes, but if I did I already own an iPod, I own a Mac, and on my windows machine I use iTunes - so it wouldn't be a problem. With WMA DRM, I can't use anything I may buy on my Nokia phone on my mac - period.
If nokia is going for open, then let them go DRM-free.