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Warner's CEO Responds

According to the BBC, the CEO of Warner Music finds Steve Jobs' DRM views "without logic and merit."  Perhaps he should view his reprimand of his children for illegal downloads "without logic and merit" given the zeal with which the RIAA has pursued its current cadre of lawsuits. 

DVD recommendations for this week

Hollywoodland, Flags of our Fathers, and the Science of Sleep all are out today.  All are notable DVDs for the week at DVDTalk.  Reviews are available as well.

Updates may be tardy for the next week

A hard drive crash has taken down my main system and at present this is interfering with our ability to post regularly.  However, this has given me a great opportunity to evaluate various data and hard drive recovery tools.  Look for an in depth article to come.

Steve Jobs and DRM

Steve Jobs has posted an essay at Apple discussing DRM, iTunes, and the iPod.  He outlines both why Apple encumbers iTMS purchases with DRM and why licensing FairPlay (the DRM system) is not feasible according to the contracts Apple honors with the music industry.

"Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free ... Convincing them to license their music to Apple and others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music marketplace.  Apple will embrace this wholeheartedly."

Mr. Jobs also points out that, on average, only 3% of the music on any given iPod has been purchased through the iTMS.

UPDATE

MSNBC  has coverage, Daring Fireball has commentary, and the Macalope  brings the funny (but, by the way, Jack Valenti is the former president of the MPAA - Mitch Bainwol is the CEO of the RIAA)