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To be fair, iTunes and Amazon do/did offer DRM-free for some music selections. I think blaming the distributors is misplacing the blame. The problem is that th
by thephyber 7y ago
To be fair, iTunes and Amazon do/did offer DRM-free for some music selections.
I think blaming the distributors is misplacing the blame. The problem is that the distributors don't have the legal right to do that without contractual buy-in from content owners who fear that their golden goose will dry up if content is offered without DRM or if digital content can be kept and used in perpetuity by consumers.
- LeoNatan25 7y agoIndeed, greedy and out of touch Hollywood execs are to blame. But as a consumer, we shouldn't really care.
- scarface74 7y agoAmazon has never sold DRM'd digital music and Apple has sold all of its music DRM free for over a decade.
- thephyber 7y agoThanks for the correction. Even as I was typing it, I doubted my own memory.
- shmerl 7y agoMusic yes, and you can still buy it DRM-free today. I'm talking about video specifically.