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Jobs: Apple Customers Don't Want to Rent Music

Posted On: Fri, 2007-04-27 07:52 by Gregory Heller

There has been some recent chatter on the internet about the possibility of Apple introducing a subscription based service. Steve Jobs may have just put that speculation to rest:
"Never say never, but customers don't seem to be interested in it," Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly results. "The subscription model has failed so far."
This was reported on CNN.


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P2PNet: Jobs Shifting DRM Blame on Majors

Posted On: Wed, 2007-04-25 08:51 by Gregory Heller

P2PNet has a story up about Steve Jobs turning the blame for DRM on to the majors (and doing it well). As the story points out, Jobs could still be doing more, like offering independent labels music without DRM. HypeBot makes this case calling on Jobs to open up the DRM-Free playing field.


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WSJ on the Apple/EMI Announcement

Posted On: Mon, 2007-04-09 07:53 by Gregory Heller

The WSJ's "Real Time" column this week is about last week's Apple/EMI announcement (you know, the one about dropping DRM).

Jason Fry observes, "First and most obviously, a major label is finally treating its customers like customers, instead of regarding them as likely shoplifters who should be given as few rights as possible."


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EMI Drops DRM, iTMS to sell Unencumbered Digital Tracks

Posted On: Mon, 2007-04-02 05:24 by Gregory Heller

I woke this morning the glorious news that EMI is dropping DRM from its entire digital music catalog and will start offering songs and albums for download in unencumbered high bit rate MP3 AAC formats! But wait, April Fools Day was yesterday! This is for real!


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Looks Like Jobs is a Jester

Posted On: Fri, 2007-03-30 07:45 by Gregory Heller

About 3 weeks ago, we launched the Open Letter to Steve Jobs. Since then over six thousand people have signed on. Steve Jobs hasn't taken any action since his February 7 rant on DRM. As promised, we'll be sending him the open letter with our signatures and jesters hat on Monday.

UPDATE:
Hold that hat....

No it can't be. He has, he really has. iTunes will be selling DRM free tracks from EMI within a few weeks. Read the


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