rejon.org is Jon Phillips.

Yes, its a very big deal to note Steve Jobs note to the community at large about the problems of DRM. The letter is obviously carefully crafted and has excellent points about the issue including some light-promises. As I expected, Prof. Lessig, Mike Linksvayer, Sneakmove, other hackers, and Mr. Boing Boing Doctorow all made comments on Steve Jobs great statement.

Doctorow’s post has notable constructive criticism:

This is a big day — a huge day. If Steve Jobs comes through with his promise to offer DRM-free music from artists who will allow it, we’re at the beginning of the end of the DRM wars. I look forward to the day when the iTunes Music Store catalog shows a little warning icon next to those few holdout tracks sold with DRM, a skull-and-crossbones to tell you that you’re about to buy some poisonous bits.

Especially if Steve follows this up by offering iTunes videos — especially the Pixar movies, which he directly controls as the single largest shareholder in Disney — without DRM! Link

It is now time to stick Apple to this and reminds me of the importance of how influential luminary figures like Jobs can be when they speak up from their closed offices on issues such as this (and I would add when its beneficial to their interests). I don’t mean this is in a naive way either, as this is America baby. Oh know…