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I read on Slashdot that Wal-Mart is ending support for DRM encumbered music. This is both good and bad news at the same time.
The good news is that with the world’s largest retailer moved to DRM Free music last year they gave a LOT of additional momentum to the entire movement to get content providers to stop hogtying users with DRM. They (the RIAA and “Big Content”) need to understand that the days when people will accept DRM are numbered. The practice is like wooden swing sets in a futuristic world of automated flying cars.
The bad news is that when they end DRM support, anybody that’s bought the .wma music files with DRM on them will suddenly find that their music doesn’t work anymore. According to a post on Boing Boing , people who have DRM encumbered music from WalMart have until October 9th, 2008 to burn that music to CD-ROM in order to keep from losing it when they shut down the DRM server....
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Microsoft Going to WormsFrom: dilithiumcrystalworks.com
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Post Date: 2008-03-12 22:55:14
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