That's nice of the BNL guy to offer, but i'm sure it's the record company that controls distribution and has its own opinions.

jobs is lieing strait up. He only said he wants DRM free because he is coming under pressure from Europe to share his DRM and he rather not because he will loose money this way if everyone is on the same playing field as he is. Its the long life story of apple only letting apple things work with apple things. He knows if he had to go up against fair competition he would get " his teeth kicked in ".

Steve Jobs: In recent response to RIAA's statement, I would like to say just one more thing: Coooomme oooonnn!!

Is the RlAA confused and stupid or was that just a really poor attempt to twist that guys words?

Anyone who doesn't like DRM is a dirty communist loving pirate. Who cares if none of the music you bought can't be transferred to other devices and that fair use is being eroded while the lawmakers do nothing to protect consumer rights.

The future is now!

iTunes/iPod integration rules the world of digital distribution. Jobs is making his plea to "free" the music they are selling b/c he believes it would increase the sales of iTunes/iPod.

I don't have an iPod b/c of the DRM locking (yes, I can put mp3s on it). Clearly there aren't that many people out there like me -- but I'm a small portion of technically savvy people that tells others NOT to buy into DRM schemes.

RIAA can speak for themselves, not the fans of music. While I don't steal an artists hard works. I also refuse to be encumbered by DRM controls. How the RIAA thinks the DRM of any form is a big bonus for us music 'fans' by protecting us from ourselves, I'll never figure out. I buy the music I listen to becuase I want that artist to produce more. Real simple supply and demand there RIAA.

I don't support RIAA, I don't support pirates and copy right violators. I do support engaging in a legislative process for taking back my fair use rights.

OK the RIAA has to put down the pipe and read that letter again. Nowhere does SJ say he's willing to open up FairPlay.. Maybe they were under the influence of the RDF ???

Adi

I would like to thank DVD jon for saving me from the reality distortion field.

I fail to see how it would benefit the fans.

I they really talking past each other as densely as this looks at first glance, or are we watching a poker game unfold?

hehe, they are gonna be at each others throat. now thats entertainment with no drm!

Things are starting to heat up. I suppose Jobs first intention is to get Apple's fairplay scheme to become an industry standard. I suppose he is well aware that iTunes cannot rule forever, and he'd rather keep the iPod hardware relevant and successful than the iTunes music store.