Linspire’s Founder responds to Steve Jobs’ call for DRM-free music

by bigbrother | February 9, 2007 at 10:23 am
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First let me say that your iTunes/iPod success is unprecedented and awe inspiring to me. Your impact on digital music is astounding. I read your open letter to the music industry and wanted to respond. It’s great seeing the #1 DRM vendor in the world acknowledging that DRM is an issue. I’ve been talking about this since I founded MP3.com so it’s nice to finally have someone with your prominence raising awareness on this topic (read You Own Nothing - the highest rated blog post I’ve ever written).Continue Reading Letter
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Jordan Yerman
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at 10:38 on February 9th, 2007

At NowPublic, this is high praise from NowPublic editors!

iTunes for Linux is a great idea. However, there's little real incentive for Apple to divorce the iPod from the iTunes interface.

Your story is now on the home page for awhile, and everywhere else the “good stuff” box shows up. Many thanks for your great work.

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