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Old 04-16-2009, 12:43 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Gideon View Post
Hell.. it took about a decade for till we finally got DRM free MP3's that can be played just about anywhere on anything coming from all the major retailers (sure, iTunes gives you their proprietary AAC crap but you can convert it in-program). I dread the wait on something like books.. almost everyone listens to music but hardly anyone reads!
Gideon:

Please note that AAC is not proprietary! In fact, it's an ISO standard that may be freely implemented by anybody. Whether or not it's crap is debatable, but proprietary it ain't! See this page for a start on the details.

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