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Monday, March 28, 2005
Where are the iTunes phones?
This article speculates that the ones to blame for holding back Motorola's iTunes phone were neither Motorola nor Apple, but rather carriers and media companies. Sounds like a conspiracy, doesn't it?
It goes in detail to describe the general scare among media companies to let its intellectual property on the loose, by users sharing media via Bluetooth and similar local connectivity.
Part of what media companies say is OK, but not that purchased music should only be possible to play on one specific and individual device. Obviously a CD can be played on any CD player, and it's OK to "rip" CDs for private use, so why doesn't that apply to downloaded music as well? Again, the risk of copying? Probably, as it's so darn easy once the media is digital.
A good method for DRM would solve this, but only if it allows moving e.g. music between ones own different equipment.
Yahoo! News - Cell Phone Songs Prompt Control Questions
It goes in detail to describe the general scare among media companies to let its intellectual property on the loose, by users sharing media via Bluetooth and similar local connectivity.
Part of what media companies say is OK, but not that purchased music should only be possible to play on one specific and individual device. Obviously a CD can be played on any CD player, and it's OK to "rip" CDs for private use, so why doesn't that apply to downloaded music as well? Again, the risk of copying? Probably, as it's so darn easy once the media is digital.
A good method for DRM would solve this, but only if it allows moving e.g. music between ones own different equipment.
Yahoo! News - Cell Phone Songs Prompt Control Questions
