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I think most people don't care because, unlike WMV, Apple's Fairplay was such an unrestrictive DRM, most people never even knew it was there.
Posted by: frgough   Posted on: 01/06/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Playing catchup  frgough | 01/06/09
Several Big Catches  soonerproud | 01/06/09
AAC is MP3's successor and is an open standard  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 01/06/09
Old Hack around iTunes  kg6ygs@... | 01/07/09
Are you serious? What garbage!  kckn4fun | 01/07/09
So Apple has good DRM  tikigawd | 01/08/09
Please read the article before posting  Marcos El Malo | 01/08/09
Just everybody.  CobraA1 | 01/06/09
Apple DRM  mjolnar@... | 01/07/09
iTrue... happy  eldernorm | 01/13/09
i will actually buy from iTunes now...  doctorSpoc | 01/06/09
Try Playing  soonerproud | 01/06/09
Who cares about Zen, Zune...  GoPower | 01/06/09
Millions do  soonerproud | 01/06/09
Yes, who cares about products with less than 10% marketshare?  NonZealot | 01/06/09
Apparently you do  MacCanuck | 01/07/09
Both Zen and Zune..  msalzberg | 01/06/09
Both are good players, actually  tikigawd | 01/08/09
Sure.  CobraA1 | 01/06/09
Most do but some don't (NT)  soonerproud | 01/06/09
Why would you  soonerproud | 01/06/09
Here's how I see it.  CobraA1 | 01/06/09
Welcome to the club!  ajn465 | 01/07/09
Which major players ...  msalzberg | 01/06/09
LOL!!! almost all players DO now support AAC.. even Zunes do!  doctorSpoc | 01/06/09
Theft!  frabjous | 01/06/09
Theft?  philipralban@... | 01/07/09
Yes, theft.  msalzberg | 01/07/09
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  richard233 | 01/07/09
Not theft, misdirection.  philipralban@... | 01/07/09
Here's the quote:  msalzberg | 01/07/09
my apologies.  philipralban@... | 01/07/09
I've been buying DRM Free Music for Years!  Freddy McGriff | 01/06/09
deleted message  msalzberg | 01/06/09
Only 6 million songs?  Narg | 01/06/09
Six million ... eight million ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 01/06/09
Actually...Ten Million.  A Grain of Salt | 01/06/09
Selection still matters...  mark@... | 01/06/09
There are several issues  Jacobus7 | 01/06/09
Interesting results so far  CobraA1 | 01/06/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... done anyone really care?  junkmail@... | 01/06/09
who's the nob  jdstrong | 01/06/09
Fail  Metronome49 | 01/07/09
Not fail  PedroTabs | 01/08/09
junkmail by name, junkmail by message...However for me...  DevJonny | 01/07/09
Cannot buy song in Hong Kong  kevinet | 01/06/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... done anyone really care?  BeastofBurden | 01/06/09
Three Ipods and never made an iTunes purchase  softwareFlunky | 01/06/09
actually MP3 doesn't sound just as good...  doctorSpoc | 01/07/09
Sure, I could re-record everything,  softwareFlunky | 01/07/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?  philipralban@... | 01/07/09
Of course people care (duh)  quasilou | 01/07/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?  chromeronin | 01/07/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?  chromeronin | 01/07/09
itunes? drm free? yes I care!!!  varick | 01/07/09
Try the Zune player (nt)  tikigawd | 01/08/09
Amazon MP3s already DRM free, and only $0.99/each.  JonathonDoe | 01/07/09
Forget I-tune$  Jaytmoon | 01/07/09
A Sad Day in Freetardia  Marcos El Malo | 01/08/09
RE: iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?  MAC-Attack | 01/09/09
Another survey choice: reluctant iTunes purchaser  21_years_IT | 03/17/09

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