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[Discuss] Thumbs Up To Ben



Y, my bad for not thinking broadly. I still think in terms of music for DRM and my books are almost always the dead tree type.

thanks for clarifying

On Oct 6, 2011, at 12:48 PM, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:

> DRM in music is bad, but it is not nearly as bad as DRM in eBooks.
> 
>> Wait - didn't Apple eliminate DRM from tunes 2 years ago?
>> http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/apples-itunes-drops-drm-adds-tiered-pricing-3g-downloads
>> 
>> 
>>>> the cultural and legal acceptance of DRM. If you think about this and
>>>> its
>>>> 
>>> Everyone that purchases music from iTunes can easily bypass the DRM by
>>> creating a CD of their music, then ripping it back as whatever format
>>> they
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