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Originally Posted by pdurrant
You remember incorrectly. Apple had to give in and add DRM to music before the labels would agree to let Apple sell it.
It was only when the labels got worried by the dominance of Apple in the electronic retail music market that Amazon managed to persuade the labels to allow Amazon to sell DRM-free music in competition with Apple. After which, Apple got to sell DRM-free music as well. |
I think you are both saying the same thing. Jobs wanted DRM-free music and eventually iTunes was able to sell DRM free music. You just added some detail.