Jobs on DRM: We want iTunes to be DRM free, but?

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a blog post today says his company would embrace DRM-free music "in a heartbeat" if "the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM."
If that scenario were to play out, Jobs says "we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music." Jobs continues: