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Ironically, iPod & iTunes were using DRM (FairPlay) on launch! I don't think it's DRM itself killing innovation but the overuse of the actual "control over sof
by HackinOut 12y ago
Ironically, iPod & iTunes were using DRM (FairPlay) on launch!
I don't think it's DRM itself killing innovation but the overuse of the actual "control over software and hardware providers".
What makes products like the iPod or Netflix successful, despite their use of DRMs, is their simplicity and accessibility among other things. Netflix is trying hard to negotiate for more content, but I think content providers are killing innovation mainly by not allowing initiatives like Netflix to have all the content in one place. We need a Spotify (i.e. most of the content available) for movies...
Edit: elaborating...
- thristian 12y agoThe iPod and iTunes existed, and were wildly popular, for years before the iTunes Music Store existed, so no, they weren't using DRM on launch. It's only because there was so much DRM-free media around that the iPod could become popular enough that selling music on iTunes was a vaguely interesting proposition; without that built-in market, the iTMS probably would never have been worthwhile.