Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.hacker,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Date: 25 Sep 2015 15:40:23 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <220920150315428842%nospam@nospam.invalid> <91777a714f0d3c05732c6cc8035a09ba@remailer.cpunk.us> <220920151252101796%nospam@nospam.invalid> <220920152128268439%michelle@michelle.org> <220920152224189621%michelle@michelle.org> <230920150841382109%michelle@michelle.org> <230920151950041296%nospam@nospam.invalid> <230920152007454989%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net GtPIYo54Und3vYrjQEmfkg8K9Jxnx4IH9G19aDvENK1t/GiPcU Cancel-Lock: sha1:E6bd9dO1+S1Ld+9g5mJchjFlwtU= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.freeware:243936 comp.sys.mac.system:80590 alt.hacker:8320 alt.privacy.anon-server:45470 comp.os.linux.advocacy:322900 On 2015-09-25, A.M <> wrote: > On 2015-09-24 7:54 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> >> Finally admit? : ) I haven't ever said anything different. The fact is >> record industry players refused to allow Apple to sell music without the >> DRM. And it was the same record industry that demanded Apple fix the >> RealNetworks issue by refusing to transfer faked DRM music to Apple >> devices. Apple has always preferred to sell music without DRM, and >> eventually convinced the record industry to allow it, which is why there >> is no longer DRM protection in music you purchase from Apple today. If >> you are looking to point fingers and blame someone for FairPlay DRM, >> point your finger at the record industry. > > Apple's incredible influence in music sales (since iTunes has become the > de-facto media store) has basically wrested control from the record > companies to the corporation. Now, Apple is responsible for dictating > what's right and what's wrong in media sales rather than the pigs who > created DRM and enforced it in the first place. History agrees with you > and though I'm not Apple's biggest fan, I do credit it with the fact > that I can now buy music which is encoded at the best quality > compression allows and without being forced into .M4P or protected .WMA. > > I still prefer to buy CDs, especially at concerts where I can meet the > band and have them autograph my copy, but it's nice to know that digital > sales are a lot more ethical than they used to be. I bought CDs for quite some time after Apple removed DRM protection, but as of late, I just don't see much attraction in buying yet another piece of plastic to sit on a shelf and dust off. In fact, I've digitized most of my CD collection and they are all sitting in boxes now. So I've purchased my last dozen albums/songs directly from iTunes, and I'll probably get rid of the physical media at some point in the future. Too much shit to lug around for no good reason. : ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR