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Old 03-30-2015, 02:59 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I really don't think that's true. Apple always allowed the sale of DRM-free music; it was the record companies who insisted on DRM. iTunes always allowed the user both to rip CDs and to burn CDs from purchased content, even if the content had DRM.



That is self-evidently untrue. Amazon are not a monopoly. There are other bookstores.
The music industry allowed Amazon to sell DRM free mp3 files, while not allowing Apple to do so. Apple always wanted to go the DRM free route. Jobs was very vocal about it.
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