Apple and DRM

20Sep07

Apple exposes how truly evil DRM is with its new iTunes Ringtones feature for the iPhone. I have a CD of music I like. I paid for it. I want to excerpt a tune from it to use as a ringtone on my iPhone. Now I have to use iTunes to buy the tune again for $0.99. But I still can’t use it as a ringtone. I have to pay another $0.99 to enable it for ringtone use. By the time its a ringtone on my phone I’ve paid for it three times.  

DRM is evil. I can’t wait until the RIAA and the music industry it represents bankrupts financially (it’s already morally and artistically bankrupt).


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  1. 1 Eric on Saturday, 19 January 2008 said:

    Update on your post is due. You can add custom ringtones now that you don’t have to pay for.

  2. 2 Dean on Saturday, 19 January 2008 said:

    Actually, I’ve been perfectly happy to use the built-in “Old Phone” ringtone on my iPhone.

    I still don’t use the iTunes store for anything other than free podcasts. Never have, and never will as long as any part of it uses DRM.

  3. 3 Eric on Sunday, 20 January 2008 said:

    Its funny you say that because I played around with Garageband and made my own ringtones. I basically stopped using them as I just didn’t like them over what came out of the box with the iPhone.

    Having something sound cool is different than having something you can hear on a train, in my pocket, etc.

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