It's worth noting inter alia that DRM may be responsible for the IPod's continuing existence. IPods are massive in size, and very very few customers have 40GB of legally-acquired content. ITunes represents one line of defense against IPods being an infringing technology. The RIAA has made a couple of shots across the bow at Apple, claiming that the IPod encourages non-fair-use copying. Lacking some way to legitimately buy rights-managed content, the case would be much stronger.
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Date: 2005-02-22 12:33 pm (UTC)