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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] DRM: Beginning of the end?
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Dave Page |
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Re: [Fsuk-manchester] DRM: Beginning of the end? |
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Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:20:10 +0000 |
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:35:08AM +0000, Steve Hamblett IMAP wrote:
> Lucy wrote:
> > Good news in the fight against DRM, as Apple announce that iTunes
> > will no longer sell tracks infected with DRM. Is this the beginning
> > of the end for DRM though?
> Good step in the right direction, although I believe Apple is still
> shipping the tunes in its own proprietry format, not MP3, so native
> MP3 players still won't work here. Is this still a form of DRM?
Apple use AAC / MP4 for their tracks; this is no more of a proprietary
format than MP3 [1]. Of course, we should all be using Vorbis [2]...
Dave
[1] http://www.mp3licensing.com/
[2] http://www.playogg.org/
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