The future is as the future does (Score 1)

It is likely that Steve Jobs understands the nature of digital consumers in a way few other individuals do, thanks to the access he has to years of data about consumer habits. He may be fully aware of the potential benefits of eliminating DRM in a way that music companies are not. I myself can see myriad ways for musicians, music companies, Apple, and various software companies to profit almost immediately from the removal of DRM. But the old way of doing anything can be a barrier to the new way, even if that new way is as inevitable as global warming.