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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I just bought some digital music from Amazon, both an album and a single. On the 'purchase complete' screen, there was a handy button to download (DRM)-free) copies of my new purchase.
Later I got on the desktop downstairs and wanted to download another copy of my back-up drive. Go to my digital orders and there's the 'download music' button. It's a real pleasure.
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As much as it pains me to say it, the party largely responsible for getting DRM-free mp3s in stores is Apple:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes...hts_management
DRM-encumbered music was very much a thing before that, and still is in many systems. But iTunes changes the conversation, and many other retailers had to change their tactics in order to compete.
What we need is a publisher of Apple's size to do the same for eBooks. TOR is leading the way, but as popular as they are in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi space, it doesn't seem to have been enough to convince anyone else yet.