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Originally Posted by Katsunami
That's stupid. The music industry has already proven that drm the worst way forward and seems to have largely abandoned it.
Some companies never learn.
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Yep. I was slow to take up digital music because in the early stages, iTunes and Apple dominated a small field. I didn't want an iPOd, I didn't want to use iTunes and I didn't want the AAC format. When I bought a MP3 player, I continued to buy CDs and ripped the music to the player (in my preferred format, OGG). When Amazon started selling DRM-free music, I finally started to buy digital music.
The people who want to get around DRM, can and will. The music biz is DRM-free now and yet I don't troll the internet, downloading every song I want. Due to financial constraints, I don't buy music like I used and my music collection has stagnated. I didn't bulk up the collection my downloading freebies whenever I wanted. If I like a song nowadays but not enough to buy it, I listen to it on Youtube.