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Old 02-03-2011, 09:33 PM   #157
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Originally Posted by Graham View Post
Exactly. Amazon DRM-free from January 2008, Apple DRM-free from January 2009, Napster DRM-free from June 2009.
It was Steves letter that put the ! on the matter for the industry, not Bezos. It was contractural issues, not ideology or love of consumers that got Amazon there first.

Feb 6th 2007:

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Steve did what any good citizen would do: he wrote a letter. In it he reviews the three possible roads ahead for DRM: what we're doing now (using it), what happens if Apple licenses FairPlay (not much good), and what happens if DRM vanishes entirely ("clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat."). It's pretty easy to tell where Steve stands on the matter
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/06/a...get-rid-of-it/
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