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Clever move…

Feb 10th, 2007 by



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Steve Jobs has openly published a manifesto piece on music rights for the world to read.

And, it’s by far the smartest move played in a while… he’s effectively (and very persuasively) thrown the question back to the record labels.

Read the full text here…

Worth reading to know more about Apple’s position on music and DRM, but also because it’s such a well-written argument. Passionate, but rigidly persuasive.

Personally, I think he’s right.
Open up DRM and make it a free for all.
The people who are downloading music without paying are doing it anyway.
Maybe you could even cut the cost of the music if you didn’t have to invest in DRM?

However, while they’re changing things, it’s high time the quality improved.
Buy a track on iTunes and a CD – listen to both… you’ll find the download is noticeably inferior.
At least, IMHO!

So, full support to Apple.
But give us better quality!


Posted in Music | 2 Comments

  • http://chromainc.typepad.com Dino

    Smart move from Jobs, and you’re right about the sound, it sucks.

  • http://brain-sells.net/ Hashem Bajwa

    Steve Jobs is brilliant at bringing the conversation back to him and giving it a nice needed twist from where it’s going. Love it.

    People will tolerate DRM, pre-roll ads, costs, etc for a bit. But the marvel of the online world we live in is that there is always somewhere else to get what we want.

    Given that reality, companies have to embrace what Jobs is suggesting.

    They can’t “control”!

    I was shocked to hear the founder and namesake of a top US creative boutique suggest that they would like to “get back control” and see the consumer “shut up and listen”.

    Jesus christ…!