Number of “Big Four” labels offering DRM-free music on April 1, 2007: 0.
Number of “Big Four” labels offering DRM-free music on December 27, 2007: 3.
Percentage of “Big Four” labels not offering DRM-free music on December 27, 2007 and having been convicted of sneaking in rootkits into their seemingly innocuous DRM solutions: 100%.
Public opinion of “Big Four” labels not offering DRM-free music on December 27, 2007 and having been convicted of sneaking in rootkits into their seemingly innocuous DRM solutions: Uncouth assholes.
Now there’s iTunes Plus, I won’t buy Fairplay tracks on iTunes. DRM is so 2005.
By pauldwaite · 2008.01.02 01:07
Right. I’ve bought two Fairplay tracks vs 45 Plus tracks on iTunes since April, and I have held off buying at all at least ten times, about half of which were full albums.
The sad thing is that some labels can just choose to interpret this as “iTunes losing its cool”, despite the overall number of iTunes tracks sold going way up. Their loss, I suppose. iTunes and Amazon are the only games in town now.
By Jesper · 2008.01.02 02:03