Hilary Rosen - yes, the RIAA one - has got an iPod from her girl friend. She appreciates it of course, but - she is a bit frustrated, too. Why, she asks, the incompatible DRM to shut the competition out? Why is she complaining about it - and why isn’t everyone complaining about it?

Well, Hilary - two points: One, we have been complaining about it, all the time. You just haven’t been listening. Two, the whole point of DRM is to shut out the competition - it doesn’t prevent copying, and never have. It just makes it impossible for a healthy competition by legal ways - DRM never had anything positive with it, especially not for the customers. And this is implemented because - well, you wanted it.

It’ve very nice that you se the down side of the business now that you’ve got an iPod you can’t do with as you wan’t - but you’re a bit late, aren’t you?

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