] Apple is leading a race of lemmings into the zero-profit ] business of closed music downloads, says the founder of ] MP3.com, Michael Robertson. ] ] "It seems kind of crazy to me, the economics don't make ] sense," Robertson told us Thursday. "Why are all these ] guys like Microsoft and Wal-Mart rushing into a business ] where the industry leader says 'we cannot make money with ] the contracts that we have'?" I don't fully agree with the conclusions this article makes, but I found it an entertaining perspective nonetheless. The Register :: DRM stores a money pit |