Apple boss hints at iTunes 'deal' with record labels
Apple has indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world’s major record labels abandoned the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry’s security blanket.
Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, made the case for abolishing the protections known as Digital Rights Management, or DRM, in an open letter posted on the California-based company’s website.