"Rick" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.01.12.20.07.27.862292@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:31:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Why DRM's best friend might just be Apple Inc.
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | DRM is dying. It's a statement being echoed with increasing frequency
>> | around the Web over the last few weeks, and is perhaps best articulated
>> | in this Billboard article. Antony Bruno lays out his case for why 2007
>> | will be the year that the major labels "get it" and stop alienating
>> | their customers with restrictive DRM schemes.
>> `----
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070111-8595.html
>>
>> Apple is not so Free and Open after all... and yet more proof is
>> presented
>> in the article.
>
> That depends on what you mean by Free and Open.
>
> Is its OS primarily made of Free Software? Yes.
> Does it have proprietary layers? Yes
> Does it create and contribute to Free Software Projects? Yes
> Does it incorporate DMR in its multimedia offerings? Yes
>
> Has it ever denied any of this? No.
>
You forgot one....
Had to sign a contract with the major labels stating the music would have
DRM? Yes
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