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Subject: [Discuss] Thumbs Up To Ben
From: markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:48:33 -0400
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DRM in music is bad, but it is not nearly as bad as DRM in eBooks.

> Wait - didn't Apple eliminate DRM from tunes 2 years ago?
> http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/apples-itunes-drops-drm-adds-tiered-pricing-3g-downloads
>
>
>>> the cultural and legal acceptance of DRM. If you think about this and
>>> its
>>>
>> Everyone that purchases music from iTunes can easily bypass the DRM by
>> creating a CD of their music, then ripping it back as whatever format
>> they
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