Music didn’t really die in 1958 when the Big Bopper, Richie Valens and Buddy Holly took their fateful flight, but it sure is on life support today.
The soul of innovation has been sucked out of music by the four major recording companies and the technology that allegedly protects most music.
At the center of this battle is “Thoughts on Music,” an open letter to the recording companies from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He calls for the removal of digital rights management technology on music sold through the iTunes Store.
You can think of DRM like a safe for your music. The only problem is that the company that sold it to you owns that safe and decides if and when you can listen to your music.
The majority of music sold online has some kind of protection software on it. The iTunes Store uses FairPlay, which lets a user play the music only on up to five computers. However, this protection doesn’t stick with the music when it’s burned to an audio CD.
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