An Open Letter to Steve Jobs
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| While we welcome your pledge to drop DRM, action has yet to follow.
| Some changes you discuss will require the cooperation of other
| people in the media industry, but the three areas that we have
| outlined here do not. You have the full power to allow independent
| artists to sell their music on iTunes without DRM, to remove DRM
| from Disney videos and movies, and to fund a campaign to repeal
| the DMCA's prohibition on devices that overcome DRM. We, the
| undersigned, call upon you to take action now.
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/actions/open_letter/steve_jobs
Related:
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
Who's Killing MP3 and ITunes?
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| 1. The labels don't have a choice
| 2. Apple might be forced into interoperability
| 3. Thomson has endorsed selling watermarked MP3
| 4. Amazon is rumored to start selling MP3s by April
| 5. Sony: "DRMs are going to become less important"
| 6. People love AllofMP3.com
| 7. MP3 has future options
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http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72412-1.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
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