Submitted by Ross Kendall on Tue, 20/02/2007 - 11:48am
This is my brief response to Steve Jobs' (of Apple) Thoughts on Music.
Dear Steve,
You say that the “big four” music companies control the distribution of over 70% of the world’s music, and that the reason iTunes uses DRM is because they force you too.
If you really do support the sale of DRM-free music, please support it in deed as well as in word. There is the remaining 30% of the world's music that could potentially be sold DRM-free - emusic.com manages to find plenty.
Please start selling some music DRM-free.
In the mean time, I will continue to show my support by only purchasing DRM-free music (yes, I have an iPod, and NO iTunes music).
Thanks,
Ross