Yahoo Music, SanDisk execs follow Steve Jobs by speaking out against DRM

Posted February 14, 2007 at 07:40 PM by Doug Berger

Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Web, Downloads, Online Music/Video, Content

It hasn’t been long since Steve Jobs wrote his infamous essay about how the music industry should abandon DRM, and now other execs are starting to follow in his footsteps.  Dave Goldberg, head of Yahoo Music, stated that unprotected MP3 files have been much bigger sellers on his store than protected ones.  Goldberg lays a few claims to back himself up.  First, he feels that DRM confuses consumers - which I have to say is true.  He has also spoken out against Microsoft’s PlaysForSure DRM by pretty much saying it’s silly to pay for the service when it “doesn’t work half the time”.

Also speaking out against DRM is SanDisk’s founder and CEO Eli Harari, who had the following to say:

“Proprietary systems aren’t acceptable to consumers. In recent months, there has been a rising chorus of complaints in Europe about the anti-competitive nature of closed formats that tie music purchased from one company to that company’s devices, and tie that company’s devices to its music service.“

Read [Silico Valley Watcher] Via [Macworld]