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!