Steve Jobs On Music DRM

With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future.

If you are interested in the DRM scheme of things, this is a good article to reference. Steve goes into depth with regards as to why we have DRM in the first place and also what other options we have. The conclusion is that the best solution would be ridding it altogether. He goes on to mention that 90% of the songs legally purchased are DRM free, so having it in the first place seems needless.

Source: Apple.com