Comments on: Universal tries out DRM-free music http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/ News from the Staff of Podiobooks.com Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Matt http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-52845 Matt Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:23:33 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-52845 All music should just be available for free. If the badn is good enough they'll make enough money playing live. All music should just be available for free. If the badn is good enough they’ll make enough money playing live.

]]> By: Evo http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-51603 Evo Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:37:25 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-51603 No, not AAC. We do have a single book in "enhanced" form (think slide-show while you listen). It was presented in MP4 format and was then made available sans-images in standard MP3. So we did it for all the right reasons, and never used evil-mean-wicked-nasty DRM. No, not AAC. We do have a single book in “enhanced” form (think slide-show while you listen). It was presented in MP4 format and was then made available sans-images in standard MP3. So we did it for all the right reasons, and never used evil-mean-wicked-nasty DRM.

]]> By: PaulJ http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-51601 PaulJ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.podiobooks.com/blog/2007/08/10/universal-tries-out-drm-free-music/#comment-51601 "All of the works you see on Podiobooks.com are proudly made available in DRM-free format. We just rock that way." But didn't Podiobooks.com have some AAC files for a while? Not DRMed, but nevertheless closely tied to iTunes and the iPod. Anyway, it seems from the example of Universal that the one sure way to end DRM is to hit it in the pocket. “All of the works you see on Podiobooks.com are proudly made available in DRM-free format. We just rock that way.”

But didn’t Podiobooks.com have some AAC files for a while? Not DRMed, but nevertheless closely tied to iTunes and the iPod.

Anyway, it seems from the example of Universal that the one sure way to end DRM is to hit it in the pocket.

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