Apple Stands Firm Against Entertainment Cartel
from the good-for-them dept
The latest column from Dan Gillmor praises Apple for not giving in to Hollywood's demands to trounce consumers' rights and focus on ways to implement digital rights management. Gillmor is hoping that they continue to take that stand. He points out that Intel and AMD are "working with" Hollywood to figure out ways to implement DRM solutions that are likely to hinder consumers' rights. I agree that it's good that Apple is doing what they're doing, but it would be even nicer if they actively stood up to Hollywood and told them they're making a mistake.
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Why? Sony Corporation of America makes portable MP3 players, adds MP3 to their DVD readers and CD readers, and also allows MP3 files to be played of CDs in their consumer entertainment devices...
Sony Entertainment might have a problem, but it appears that the rest of the company doesn't care. (Though it does seem that the company is suffering a rift within itself on this issue.)
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Should be intersting
It's going to be interesting to see how this all works out.
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