[mythtv-users] The death blow to DRM has arrived

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 21:16:24 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Joe Borne <joe.borne at gmail.com> wrote:

> For those of you lame enough to have followed my rants and ravings on here
> about the RIAA and DRM/5C/CCI, you might remember that I predicted iTunes
> would go 100% DRM free by the end of 2008. Looks like I was 6 days off.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/live-from-the-macworld-2009-keynote/
>
> This is incredibly important because it signals the beginning of the end
> for DRM. Look for all the other online music stores to follow suit. I bet
> they all drop DRM by July. 5C and CCI are next!
>

I saw that Apple was saying that they'd have 8 million DRM-free songs today
and 10 million total at a later date. I don't think that's all of their
music, or am I mistaken? Still a step in the right direction but I don't
think I'd call it 100%.
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