Comments on: Apple Says Audiobooks Must Have DRM

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Got an 500 internal server error here in NL, too bad
But I’m sure they’ll get it up and running within a month or so

By: Pensive

Pensive — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:40:49 +0000

“after all, they didn’t create the work, they’re just selling it.”

To salesmen, this is not at all self-evident. In fact they would probably argue the opposite, than anyone can create something, but it takes *genius* to sell it.

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One More Gadget Blog » Apple: audiobooks to be DRM, and the point! — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:07:23 +0000

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By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:41:16 +0000

and kudos to anon for “If a person hates Apple then for the love of God support Linux, or Haiku, or some other open source operating system”.

i cannot take any hacker seriously who know only one tool. i’m also not going to hire your immature butt.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:38:26 +0000

a hacker who hates apple products is a lazy script kiddie hacker. it’s unix you dolts. grow up and read something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:23:34 +0000

@Bunny Wow. How much did Microsoft pay you to write that epic bullshit? I hope it was alot, because that was seriously impressive. OS X ruined 12 hard drives? Steve Jobs murdered a little girl? I give your paid trolling 5 stars for entertainment. Reasoned Mind should take notes. You get 0 starts for honesty, though. Windows is the most unstable, unsecure, DRM infested OS in existence, made by a corporation that stands for everything that filesharing stands against. If a person hates Apple then for the love of God support Linux, or Haiku, or some other open source operating system without any commercial interest behind it. If you value free and open culture whatsoever, then supporting Microsoft of all things is beyond retarded. If anybody here is using Windows, then I hope they pirated it. And if anybody here actually likes Windows and calls it a quality product, then I have to laugh. Ever wonder how the copyright cartels managed to brainwash artists into defending them? Look in a mirror. Microsoft pulled the same number on you.

By: Ed H.

Ed H. — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:25:10 +0000

Slight problem. There is only one major player: Audible.

Apple just re-sells for Audible. (Go download an audiobook from Apple, the very first thing you hear when you hit ‘Play’ is “This audio program is presented by Audible.com. Audible – audio that speaks to you, wherever you are.”)

Audible doesn’t do DRM-free, therefore, neither does Apple. Convince Audible to drop DRM, and Apple will immediately follow. I don’t know where this claim of Audible not having DRM came from; if I want to play my Audible-downloaded .aa file, I have to authorize the computer. There is hope, though. Audible is now owned by Amazon; which was an early adherent of no-DRM for music.

By: alansky

alansky — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:17:21 +0000

All you idiots who are bashing Apple for supporting DRM are forgetting that Steve Jobs singlehandedly challenged the music labels to abolish DRM for music. If Apple is supporting DRM for audiobooks, they are doing so because of their contractual obligations as sellers of copyrighted content.

By: John TN

John TN — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:59:59 +0000

Another dumb comment. Out of contex. We are talking about DRM. People are mad at Apple. They should educate themselves. DRM has always been pushed by the oweners of propritary data, music, books… Etc… To protect it’s percived value.

What does Apple, or Microsoft for that matter have to do with it? DRM

GET USED TO IT