Yesterday, we reported on a report from Jonathan Fildes for BBC News that incorrectly stated:
Apple uses its own DRM system known as FairPlay, which means music downloaded from the iTunes store can be played only on iPods.
This morning, the BBC News Interactive’s Technology editor, Darren Waters, informed us that the article has now been revised to read:
Apple uses its own DRM system known as FairPlay, which means music downloaded from the iTunes store can be played on computers running iTunes that have been authorised by the consumer and only one portable device, iPods. Users can copy downloaded songs to a CD and then copy the disc back on to the computer so that the songs can then be moved to other portable devices – but the quality of the music is affected.
Full, revised article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Now, that’s much closer to the facts* and BBC readers, who might not be nearly as familiar as MacDailyNews readers with how Apple’s iTunes Store works, now have a much better information. Thanks for the rapid fix, Beeb!
*iTunes Store songs also play on iTunes-enabled Motorola phones, but we won’t quibble about that bit.
Related article:
BBC reporter blows it, says ‘music downloaded from the iTunes store can be played only on iPods’ – February 07, 2007