April 2, 2007
EMI + Jobs: What’s Really Going On
Personally, I think Steve Jobs is full of it. In fact, I dare him to live up to the rhetoric in his so-called blog post on DRM-free music.
We’ll see what really happens at 1 p.m. GMT. Any guesses?
UPDATE: EMI’s offering their entire catalog (save for the Beatles) online sans DRM. How will the industry respond?
The kicker, after all, is that EMI is charging 30 cents more for the non-DRM tracks, or as EFF puts it, essentially placing a 30 percent surcharge on buying back your rights. Why not just by the DRM-free CD?
So, in light of the update, what is Steve full of?
You need to dare him more often. It seems to work.
As for the 30-cents-more… how is $13 for a 10-song album not better than $20+ for the CD?
I know your modus operandi is to be mad at companies, but shouldn’t you drop the angry act when you get what you want? Otherwise, your anger looks like a posture.
I still feel this was just a bit publicity stunt by Apple / EMI.
I’ve never paid $20 for a CD… if you look at Amazon’s top music sellers, the average price of a new CD is around $10.
CD = + tax, + shipping, + time & gas if bought at retail, limited life span (scratches)
The fact that iTunes is offering DRM free high quality music shows a progressive attitude, the kind we should be commending.
A progressive attitude, locked to one company. So we hand all of our choice over to a single entity favored by the companies.
What if I don’t like iTunes? Don’t get my rights now? Dang.
> The kicker, after all, is that EMI is charging 30 cents
> more for the non-DRM tracks, or as EFF puts it,
> essentially placing a 30 percent surcharge on buying back your rights.
> Why not just by the DRM-free CD?
a) The DRM-free tracks are at a higher bitrate than conventional iTunes sales.
b) No good reason NOT to buy a DRM-free CD. This is exactly Jobs’ point, unless you missed it.
Also … You seriously need someone to proofread your content:
> “Why not just by the DRM-free CD?”