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Sunday, August 15, 2004

Poll: Apple should share the music

MacWorld: " Nearly a third (32 per cent) of Macworld Online readers voting in this week's poll think that Apple should open up its music rights management format. However, a quarter (26 per cent) of the 933 voters think it should make such a move only if its competition does so first. A fifth (20 per cent) think Apple should not open up its digital rights management at all saying: Why should it dilute its high-quality service? Another 18 per cent don't care what Apple does – they won't be using anyone else's service. The remaining 4 per cent don't care because they won't use iPods or iTunes. Apple has been accused of being power crazy because it maintains control of its digital music ecosystem by not allowing anyone else to use its FairPlay digital rights management (DRM) system. This means that music bought from the iTunes Music Store will not officially play on devices other than the iPod. All other devices and download services use Microsoft's Windows Media Audio WMA system – which doesn't work with iPod or iTunes. The failure of Apple to licence its FairPlay technology to others has led industry watchers to speculate that it is going to make the same mistakes in the music market, as it did in the personal computer market when it decided not to allow other manufacturers to make Macs, allowing Windows based PCs to take over."

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