Ever since Steve Jobs posted his thoughts on future of DRM on apple.com, there’s been a fierce discussion anywhere you look. The ivestment gurus, company executives, musicians, bloggers, critics, even a few totally drunk old ladies at the local retirement village have been debating it to the death. OK, only kidding, they weren’t that drunk after all.
The time line is what makes things very interesting. Firstly, there is Apple vs Apple settlement, which we don’t know very much about. Then Steve Jobs comes out with ‘no-DRM future’ suggestion. A day or so later, EMI suggest they are thinking of going mp3.
Isn’t that weird? Apple Records, that has specific ties to EMI, settles with Apple Computer Inc, and then Apple Inc. CEO goes on to attack DRM with ‘backing’ of EMI. Oh, yes, Apple has just dropped that ‘Computer” part from its name, hardly a month ago. Hmmmm …
I was doing my laps around the lake earlier today and I was asking myself “Is Apple Inc. buying EMI?” I am not completely sure about the Apple Records relationship with EMI, but is the settlement maybe something that would make one Apple eat another Apple? After all, it could make some sense with Apple Inc. running recording business and selling non-DRM music.
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