Apple is using digital rights management (DRM), copy protection on audio files purchase through the iTunes Music Store, to lock users into using iPods, argues Cory Doctorow, a fellow with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
In a keynote presentation at the Red Hat Summit in Nashville, Doctorow pointed out that Apple is trying to prevent users from switching from iPods to competing devices by making sure that music from the iTunes music store plays only on the iPod.
“Apple [turns] every iTune you buy into a 99 cent price tag on switching from Apple to a competitor’s product,” said Doctorow.
“If you start with an iPod and you want to move to a Creative product and you have spent $50 on music, that’s a $50 investment that you abandon.”
via vnunet.com
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