I mentioned this the other day: Hilary Rosen, former head of the RIAA and chief architect of the idea that all consumers are criminals and file-sharing is the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse, is really steamed that Apple uses DRM on the iPod. Disregard for a moment the fact that Hilary lobbied hard for the DMCA, the legislation that pretty much requires Apple to use DRM in music bought through the iTMS. No, strike that, don’t disregard it. Hilary Rosen, you are an absolute fucking hypocrite and I cannot believe the nerve it must take for you to have such an opinion. Incredible.
EFF tears her a new one right here. They also make the point that there are numerous sources other than iTMS where one can buy music unencumbered by DRM (AllofMP3.com, perhaps?). The funniest bit is her assertion that Microsoft will “Betamax” Apple over this. Excuse me? I won’t argue that Microsoft could “Betamax” the iPod, but if Rosen believes for a moment that Bill Gates is going to sell music without DRM, she’s smoking crack, bottom line. A Microsoft music store, by any reasonable estimation, is likely to have DRM that is at least as onerous as Apple’s and probably more so. And just like WMP 10 It for sure won’t work on the Mac.
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