DVD Jon’s iPod+iTunes FairPlay DRM hack may actually help Apple

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Re: “DVD Jon” (Jon Lech Johansen)’s hack of Apple’s FairPlay DRM:

Jon Ogg writes for Blogging Stocks, “This is obviously very controversial territory. In no way is this meant to be an endorsement of hackers or copyright violations. But entirely closed systems and incompatibility is something that the public doesn’t want to last forever. Apple has already established itself as THE leader here and that probably won’t change any time soon. PERIOD.”

Ogg writes, “For a while last year Audible, Inc. was almost giving away MP3 audio/video players to those who signed up for long-term contracts, yet iPod/iTunes still rules the roost and finding Audible.com subscribers isn’t exactly an easy task. Go ask Napster, Inc. how well their ‘Own Nothing’ campaign of just leasing unlimited music went, since now the company is trying to find a buyer for the entire company. Microsoft Corp.’s Zune is still yet an unknown entity and SanDisk Corp. just felt the wrath of the demanding stock markets on its margins and outlook.”

“Apple is not going to like this, but this won’t be the death of Apple’s stranglehold iTunes and iPod have on music downloads in any real way. If the hack (or shall we call it a ‘workaround’) actually does get to legally stand, the funny thing is that it could actually work favorably for Apple because they have created such fanatical brand loyalty. Time will tell,” Ogg writes.

Full article here.

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  2. This is as much of a no-op as when Real Networks came up with their own hack to generate Fairplay-DRM songs about two years ago. Glaser’s still snivelling about how Steve won’t give him something for nothing, Rhapsody isn’t even a blip on the radar, and even Microsoft can’t make a dent in this market. Zune’s heading the way of that “Origami” fiasco.

    Jon’s little hack might possibly sell to one or two music vendors who won’t matter, either.

    -jcr

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