>"Piracy is not a technological issue. It's a behavior
>issue," Jobs said, adding that all the encryption
>schemes that have been developed can also be broken.
Hear, Hear!! It's about time someone spoke up and admitted that the
best technological fixes will be broken almost as quickly as they're
rolled out!
--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn_at_ix.netcom.nospam.com
>I just read the following about the iPod:
>
>"The device does not use a digital-rights management
>scheme.
>
>When it auto-syncs to iTunes, the iPod can only
>connect to one copy of the software on one Mac. But a
>manual mode allows the device to share songs between
>any number of Macs.
>
>However, Jobs said Apple does not condone stealing
>music. In fact, he said, the company spent $50,000 on
>CDs to go along with review copies of the unit so that
>Apple would not be promoting piracy.
>
>The iPod does come wrapped in plastic with a warning
>in English, French, German and Japanese that states,
>"Don't steal music."
>
>"Piracy is not a technological issue. It's a behavior
>issue," Jobs said, adding that all the encryption
>schemes that have been developed can also be broken.
>
>He added that Apple tried to go out of its way to show
>its concern for artists' copyrights, despite the
>relatively open nature of its hardware."
>
>I think that the RIAA is going to look at this very
>closly and if they don't like what they see, expect
>another "Napster" like attack, but this time towards
>Apple!
>
>ed
>web/gadget guru
>
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