My problem with Fairplay
Along with some nice random thoughts on Jobs’ open letter on DRM, Erik J. Barzeski writes, “DRM has never bitten me in the butt.”
( NSLog: “Jobs’ Open Letter on DRM” )
I, on the other hand, have been bitten by Fairplay DRM… but they’re only minor annoyances:
- Fairplay makes it difficult to listen to my purchased music on my phone (which i use basically like a 1GB Shuffle when i am without my ipod.) I am required to burn a CD then re-encode… which takes about as much time as pirating it.
- Pulling a 30 second clip out of a fairplay song to use as a ringer on my phone also requires that i first burn and re-encode, then actually do the work of pulling out the clip i want.
I’d really rather just download mp3s, (or non-DRMed AAC). That would simplify everything. (i’d also like to be able to opt-in to High Quality downloads… drive space is not an issue for me, and i like my AACs at at least 192. (really i prefer mp3s at 320.)
maybe someday.