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Macrovision does video DRM. After Jobs wrote his open letter to the music industry, the Macrovision CEO responded protecting DRM. I say that Jobs did much better, and he sides with the consumer. One person has already translated it to plain english. Sample:

Truly interoperable DRM will hasten the shift to the electronic distribution of content and make it easier for consumers to manage and share content in the home — and it will enable it in an open environment where their content is portable across a number of devices, not held hostage to just one company’s products.

Magic interoperable DRM would give people all the features and capabilities they get with DRM-free media.

Almost everything in that letter is completely backward from reality. Everything that he says should be done is the opposite of what consumers want.

Labels: DRM