Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 894
Apple, like any responsible corporation (e.g. one with the ultimate goal of making a profit) cares about DRM/Copy Protection because it protects their revenue stream; same reason the entertainment industry cares about it it.
If Apple didn't care about copy protection, they wouldn't bother going to great lengths to keep their professional-grade software (Logic, Shake, FCP, etc) from being copied and illegally redistributed. They have a vested interest in keeping the music industry happy, as the iTunes music store sells a lot of hardware for them.
Apple's DRM is by far the most user-friendly form out there so far as legally downloaded music goes, and all crap like this does is force them to implement something more restrictive, or charge more for the service as a result of being forced to do server-side DRM.
As usual, the 0.01% 'free as in beer' crowd screws up the works for everyone else.
If Apple didn't care about copy protection, they wouldn't bother going to great lengths to keep their professional-grade software (Logic, Shake, FCP, etc) from being copied and illegally redistributed. They have a vested interest in keeping the music industry happy, as the iTunes music store sells a lot of hardware for them.
Apple's DRM is by far the most user-friendly form out there so far as legally downloaded music goes, and all crap like this does is force them to implement something more restrictive, or charge more for the service as a result of being forced to do server-side DRM.
As usual, the 0.01% 'free as in beer' crowd screws up the works for everyone else.
