tehJR - Slashdot User

Comment Re:A Name! (Score 1) 1286

by tehJR on Wednesday March 23, 2005 @01:14AM (#12020445) Attached to: Jon Johansen Breaks iTunes DRM Yet Again

The problem with doing DRM server-side is you then have 1 million songs with a burned in DRM. If something changes in the world of DRM and Apple wants to support the new standard, then they have to go through all their tracks again. By putting the DRM on the client side, all they have to do is change the client as needed (which is much much easier)

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