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Old 04-03-2023, 11:43 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef View Post
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.
Well, to get into the weeds a bit:

Apple didn't want DRM in the first place, but bowed to industry pressure with its FairPlay DRM.

Then, music publishers got worried about Apple's monopoly on music sales and went to Amazon. Amazon started selling DRM-free MP3s in 2007: Amazon launches DRM-free music store.

Apple came after: On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM had been removed from 80% of its music catalog in the US.

I guess you could say Apple pushed for it and fears of their monopoly made the music industry see the light.
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