Comments on: Denial: Not Just a River in Egypt http://techliberation.com/2006/01/24/denial-not-just-a-river-in-egypt/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 08:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Levitt http://techliberation.com/2006/01/24/denial-not-just-a-river-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-32566 Mark Levitt Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:47:31 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/24/denial-not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-32566 <p>Because these DRM schemes and Sony's plea for users to write to Apple have nothing to do with protecting their content from distribution.</p> <p>The point is to pressure Apple to let other companies license Apple's DRM so they can produce iTunes Music Store compatible players.</p> <p>Piracy and DRM is a smokescreen for these companies to hide behind. Their true motivation is market protectionism.</p> Because these DRM schemes and Sony’s plea for users to write to Apple have nothing to do with protecting their content from distribution.

The point is to pressure Apple to let other companies license Apple’s DRM so they can produce iTunes Music Store compatible players.

Piracy and DRM is a smokescreen for these companies to hide behind. Their true motivation is market protectionism.

]]> By: Mark Levitt http://techliberation.com/2006/01/24/denial-not-just-a-river-in-egypt/comment-page-1/#comment-55037 Mark Levitt Wed, 25 Jan 2006 11:47:31 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/01/24/denial-not-just-a-river-in-egypt/#comment-55037 <p>Because these DRM schemes and Sony's plea for users to write to Apple have nothing to do with protecting their content from distribution.<br><br>The point is to pressure Apple to let other companies license Apple's DRM so they can produce iTunes Music Store compatible players.<br><br>Piracy and DRM is a smokescreen for these companies to hide behind. Their true motivation is market protectionism.</p> Because these DRM schemes and Sony’s plea for users to write to Apple have nothing to do with protecting their content from distribution.

The point is to pressure Apple to let other companies license Apple’s DRM so they can produce iTunes Music Store compatible players.

Piracy and DRM is a smokescreen for these companies to hide behind. Their true motivation is market protectionism.

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