Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
when steve jobs released his "thoughts on music" letter on February 6, 2007, the effect rippled throughout the matrix. the wall was DRM and the soviets were the big four.
a few were suspect, of Jobs; his motivations, his honesty: and were big enough to say so.
then yesterday, the big news came. DRM is coming off EMI's music sold on iTunes. more ripples. greater amplitude. a new dawn.
since then, the naysayers have been equally big enough to recant.
my opinion: steve jobs has single handedly saved music (the artform) with iTunes (and maybe the iPod). and now again by throwing off DRM.
humanity thanks you mr. jobs.
p.s. i can't help thinking though - given Vista's investment in DRM (It's very consumer-hostile technology that is being deployed) where does that leave microsoft? the uh, axis of evil? j/k!
a few were suspect, of Jobs; his motivations, his honesty: and were big enough to say so.
then yesterday, the big news came. DRM is coming off EMI's music sold on iTunes. more ripples. greater amplitude. a new dawn.
since then, the naysayers have been equally big enough to recant.
my opinion: steve jobs has single handedly saved music (the artform) with iTunes (and maybe the iPod). and now again by throwing off DRM.
humanity thanks you mr. jobs.
p.s. i can't help thinking though - given Vista's investment in DRM (It's very consumer-hostile technology that is being deployed) where does that leave microsoft? the uh, axis of evil? j/k!
posted by P3T3RK3Y5 for meltingearth
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Hi - sorry for being VERY off-topic - just couldn't find an email address here.
Dear P3T3RK3Y5 (wow even my secret passwords are easier to type) I clicked on a link from Kevin's blog (ex-Christian, but I still believe in the resurrection power of Christ) and discovered that your are the one who made this beautiful video that I stole from YouTube to put it on my blog. Yes, it's easier to be forgiven than to get permission. I will come back here more often - please keep up the good work (and I will add you to my blog roll if that's OK with you).
Hartelijke groeten from the Netherlands!
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