kajac2 skrev:Alt tyder på at det er i stor grad at iTunes er rimelig medskyldig, blandt annet det faktaet at andre platebutikker er helt DRM-frie, og de alle lagrer i et format som kan spilles på alle MP3spillere. Dette gjør ikke iTunes, og dette er valg Apple må ta, ikke platebransjen.
New York Times skrev:The effort is likely to be seen as part of the industry’s wider push to increase competition to iTunes and shift leverage away from Apple, which wields enormous influence over prices and other terms in digital music. New York Times om Universal sitt salg av DRM-fri musikk
Wired skrev:The more likely reason is that Universal is simply afraid of giving iTunes any more power than it already has when it comes to online music, DRMed or otherwise. By excluding iTunes and at the same time dropping DRM, Universal is hoping to steal sales away from Apple and bring them back into the Universal fold via partners it can control. Wired om Universal sitt salg av DRM-fri musikk
Silicon Alley skrev:Earlier this summer Universal announced they would not renew their long-term contract with iTunes - but they continue to sell music through iTunes on a month-to-month basis. Now they'll try to squeeze Steve Jobs by giving his competitors something Apple doesn't have. Silicon Alley om Universal salg av DRM-fri musikk
Electronista skrev:Universal is also suspected of bending to pressure to follow EMI's lead in opening its catalog to most devices or players, though its preference for normally proprietary, non-Apple stores in the trial indicates that the company is being cautious or is again trying to grow the market for challengers to iTunes before selling its full collection to a wider range of stores. Electronista om Universal sitt salg av DRM-fri musikk
BusinessWeek skrev:Rather than following EMI's lead, other labels are hoping to create another Apple competitor in Amazon, which is willing to give the recording industry greater pricing flexibility. "That was a big part of it—countering Apple's control in a positive way by creating more able competitors," BusinessWeek om Sony BMGs salg av DRM-fri musikk
BoingBoing skrev:Warner's move to sell its music in the superior DRM-free form only through Apple's competitors seems like petty gamesmanship, since MP3s are MP3s, no matter where you buy them, and an Apple customer who buys an MP3 in the iTunes Store is every bit as able to shop somewhere else for music and players as is someone who buys music from Amazon. This is a move that pits Warner's long-term corporate strategy -- punishing Apple to reduce its market power -- against the needs of its artists, who benefit from having the largest possible pool of retail outlets for their music in its most superior form. BoingBoing om Warners salg av DRM-fri musikk
kajac2 skrev:En annen ting er musikkformatet, og der har iTunes ENE OG ALENE skylden. Apple benytter AAC-formatet, som kun støttes på iPoder. Hvis Apple hadde gjort om formatet til MP3 eller m4a hadde langt flere spillere støttet det. Dette er et valg Apple selv har gjort.
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