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March 2, 2006

music

Blame Microsoft

Posted Mar. 2, ’06, 9:11 PM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Music

Napster Apple is well on its way to establishing a complete stranglehold on the online music business. Napster, despite having the name of the original P2P music service, has been failing miserably. When that happens, whether it’s due to weird pricing structures, poor marketing, support only from ugly devices with terrible interfaces, draconian copy protection allowances, or completely locking out the Mac platform, there’s one surefire way to try to save face in front of your shareholders, blame Microsoft.

The thing is though, the use of Microsoft DRM was a choice made by Napster. They didn’t have to use it. They could have made their own scheme, or, heaven forbid, use in the clear MP3s. Instead, they’re biting the virtual hand that feeds them. I wonder how expensive the licensing for that Windows Media DRM will be the next time around.

[via Engadget]


1 Comments

Greg said:

The article says that within the next 12 to 24 months iTunes and iPods are DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!

Didn't they say this 12 to 24 months ago?

March 3, 2006 12:29 PM

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