[FM Discuss] TOC part II

[Mr. Snow]

oh oh oh dear i balked a little at writing such a tiny correction to  
this brilliant review . but .

apple is dropping drm from most of its music catalogue ( as reported  
by cory boing boy himself ) as of 2009 . it seems as if you have  
already purchased drm protected music you will have the option (!?!)  
of paying another fee (30c?) to get a drm free copy . they will be  
working through their back catalogue removing drm from that too .

interestingly ( for this discussion ) audio books are likely to still  
be drm protected .

http://boingboing.net/2009/01/06/apple-dropping-drm-f.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7813527.stm

great to hear about the book by book printing systems coming up and  
the e-ink sounds amazing . its been a long time coming . nice to think  
it might soon be here .


On 20/02/2009, at 8:09 AM, adam hyde wrote:

> Apple uses DRM to control the content they distribute
> through the iTunes store (think of DRM as something like a deadly  
> virus
> with which they infect the content you own, and think of Steve Jobs as
> the evil mad scientist ready to push the button and make all your
> content die a frustrating death)