Robertson: MR's Response To Steve Jobs' Call For MP3 | Linux Today

Robertson: MR’s Response To Steve Jobs’ Call For MP3

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 10, 2007

“Dear Steve,

“First let me say that your iTunes/iPod success is unprecedented
and awe inspiring to me. Your impact on digital music is
astounding. I read your open letter to the music industry and
wanted to respond. It’s great seeing the #1 DRM vendor in the world
acknowledging that DRM is an issue. I’ve been talking about this
since I founded MP3.com so it’s nice to finally have someone with
your prominence raising awareness on this topic…

“I want to challenge you to take actions to bolster your words
to insure you are genuine and your letter wasn’t simply a
deflection shield to escape government scrutiny…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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