For the last few days, Apple's Steve Jobs has set the Internet abuzz with his plea against DRM. And members of the music industry did not rejoice when they heard it. Good Apple, understanding the customer's needs? Backward content empires, not knowing what's good for them and thus needing to be dragged kicking and screaming for their own good? Well, not so fast! The empires might actually have a point. Here's the squashed version of Steve's argument: Recently, Apple has been pressured to license its DRM ("FairPlay") to its competitors. Since FairPlay locks music files bought at Apple's store into Apple's iPods...

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