The iPod Blog: Fortune Editor: iPhone is Real Reason Behind Steve Jobs DRM

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February 08, 2007

Fortune Editor: iPhone is Real Reason Behind Steve Jobs DRM

The real reason for the timing on Steve Jobs's open letter asking record labels to drop DRM is the iPhone, according to an editorial from Fortune magazine's Brent Schlender. Mr. Schlender suggests that Mr. Jobs' real motivation in going public with his DRM concerns is to get the Big Four music labels to renegotiate their music licenses so that Apple can allow iPhone users to download music directly from iTunes to their iPhone.