Okay. I’m not sure what they’re thinking, that Nokia, but they can’t possibly believe that Jobs & Co. would be galled into joining Nokia’s OVI media portal project just because they do it in public. Understand here that I’m not against the idea. I would be thrilled by the prospect that Apple would open up its DRM and widen the field. Sure, Apple would lose UI control of 3rd party DMPs, but it would gain a significantly stronger grasp on the DMP market as well as a vastly improved “Feel Good” factor. It would be like Microsoft’s PlaysForSure initiative, except it would work.

written by Tyler Regas