http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
Why give up your Zune? If, and that is a big if, your buy from DRM free from iTMS, it will work just fine on your Zune.]]>Dec 9th 2008 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
That's true, but my reason for giving up the Zune would be the lack of accessories for it. Everywhere you look something is "Made for iPod" and every other car stereo has built in iPod controls/display. No such luck with the Zune and it doesn't look like that is going to change anytime soon.]]>Dec 9th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
take that iEye :)]]>Dec 9th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
With the way apple is run and his lack of shame fanboyism, i bet iEyes a communist]]>Dec 9th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/12/8/]]>Dec 9th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
http://animaltransportation.com/]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
This just in! The iPhone 3G will be a stable device which lets you multitask, copy and paste, and a variety of features that actual smartphone users have been used to for years.

Today is a good day.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/2. Do you think those things matter?]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
But then I do have a Mac. And an iPod. And an iPhone. And an Apple TV.

Just living the iLife™.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
But that's not in the interest of the music industry. The MI wants multiple vendors, and they don't mind one bit if the ITMS is hurting. They figure if somebody doesn't want DRM, they'll go buy their music from somebody else. That and I think they want to punish Apple some more for it's insistence over controlling the price.
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For example, Amazon music can't be downloaded to iPod touches/iPhones on the go, while iTunes music can. It would therefore make much more sense to purchase from iTunes in such a scenario. Also, many iTunes users (including me) would find it much more convenient to simply download from the iTunes store than from Amazon, especially those with Macs.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
You'll recall that some European governments, with the support of the record industry, were calling on Apple to license their DRM to other vendors. If Apple had caved in and licensed their DRM, the DRM-free Amazon store would never have happened. Instead, Jobs famously called on the record companies to go DRM-free. EMI bit and went DRM-free in iTunes, and the DRM-free Amazon store opened later that year.

It now appears the rest of the major record labels have agreed to go DRM-free in iTunes, and that's good news (if audio-DRM is a challenging problem for you, anyway...)]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
[[and that story was posted at 11:11! i just wanted to point that out]]]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
Engadget wasn't the first site to post this today. This has been on just about every other news site (Electron Libre, AppleInsider, Gizmodo ect.) a half an hour or more.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
If it were free would he be buying it or receiving it?]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
The one free song a week you can get off iTunes (which I believe is protected) goes under 'purchases,' so I count it as such.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
mp3 can't have DRM...

iTunes currently sells protected-AAC]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
Aww, don't spoil the kids fun now!]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/ "Apple Inc. has made exactly $0 from me."

They're sitting on $25 billion in cash and zero debt. They are doing just fine without you.]]>Dec 8th 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/
In the early 1980's Burger King's ad campaign strategy was to mercilessly slam McDonald's. I found this so irritating that I boycotted Burger King. Apple's current ad campaign has the same effect on me I guess. I don't know. Maybe Jobs is gonna be ugly to the wrong person one day and have his $25 billion dollars taken from him in a very public and nasty fashion. Its happened to other CEOs before.

Personally though, I just don't like the idea of buying 'boutique' consumer electronics. Now what I'm saying is coming from a musician - Apple, Jobs or any big corporation didn't create the music. Its all about the musicians and their music. You think anybody is going to remember Steve Jobs or Apple Inc. in fifty years? Like we do Handel, Bruckner or Chopin? Who was Jimmi Hendrix's manager? Do you remember or even know? Do you crave listening to your 45rpm vinyl records? Nobody even remembers them now.

I've personally used 45 and 33 rpm records, reel-to-reel tape, eight track, cassette, AM, FM to listen to music. All going or gone. Who created them? Do you even remember Akio Morita? He was a great man, a genuine genius.

I guess I don't like the idea of one person/corporation controlling something I hold so dearly. I think its an insane concept.]]>Dec 9th 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/then i seed multiple torrents of it.
im costing them trillions!

and never got a penny from me :) ]]>Dec 9th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 9th 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/08/apple-rumored-to-be-turning-itunes-into-a-drm-free-music-store/Dec 8th 2008 11:42PM