Guess What, Steve -- I Don't Love It

We think our customers are going to love this, said Steve Jobs in Apple's press release yesterday announcing that its iTunes store would sell <a href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=DRM" target="_blank">DRM</a>-free versions of EMI's music catalog. Wrong. I like it, but, please, Steve, stop doing me favors that (1) raise music prices 30% and (2) force me to take the extra steps to remove your AAC encoding.

David DeJean, Contributor

April 3, 2007

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"We think our customers are going to love this," said Steve Jobs in Apple's press release yesterday announcing that its iTunes store would sell DRM-free versions of EMI's music catalog. Wrong. I like it, but, please, Steve, stop doing me favors that (1) raise music prices 30% and (2) force me to take the extra steps to remove your AAC encoding.

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