You are making a truly silly semantic argument. AAC is the encoding, Fairplay is the DRM, Apple created Fairplay, Apple a prime purveyor of DRM restricted content. It is either stupidity or ignorance to hold Apple up as some great consumer rights defender. Of course Apple has a yeay/nay choice on DRM. They chose to make money, embrace labels, and embrace DRM. Look at Amazon, they are only selling non DRM’d music. It is willfully blind to blame Microsoft for support HDCP in Vista, then go an excuse Apple for selling DRM’d music.
Don’t go Obama on me. I am pointing out that in your anger (which you need to check out) at Apple you made an incorrect statement.
Plus, are you one of those sick populist socialists that have been infecting FreeRepublic lately? What is wrong with Apple making money?
Apple would love to have DRM free music if they would be allowed and it would work out in the BUSINESS MODEL. You need to get the f off Free Republic and become a /.er. You sound like one already.