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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Actually, it's not a matter of breaking it. As Ricky also pointed out, you could always burn a CD, and that was within iTunes' system.
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A system that Apple could change without notice (which they did).
I don't need to get permission from the publisher every time I want to do something with my paper book. Why do I need their permission to do something with an eBook?
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
iTunes didn't suddenly become a smash-hit success because they started to offer non-DRM material. Again, my point (really, my only point, so I don't have to recopy another dozen exchanges) was that the audience had already accepted DRM, considering the advantages of iTunes service as outweighing the discomfort of security. Same with Amazon.
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iTunes was never a "smash hit". Even Apple pointed out that the vast majority of music on iPods did not come from iTunes. And the majority of MP3 players out there are not iPods.