Music Biz Urges Download Harmony という記事。
The music industry is pushing bitter technology rivals — most notably Microsoft and Apple — to shake hands in the interest of promoting digital downloads, Billboard has learned. 〜 中 略 〜 Executives with knowledge of the talks say much of the focus is on transcoding — the process of converting a file from one format to another. It is impossible right now for consumers to directly convert a file protected by one type of digital rights management (DRM) into another type of secure file.
ここはひとつ慎重に協議して欲しい。自社技術に固執することなかれ。
