Craig Froehle wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Art Alexion <[email protected] > <mailto:art.alexion%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:02:53 Craig Froehle wrote: > >> Haven't you heard, Art? Apple is going DRM-free. For the low, low > >> price of $0.30 per track, they'll give you un-DRMed versions of all > >> your music files. So that needn't be a concern. > > > > You are joking, right? > > Nope: > http://consumerist.com/5125362/apple-give-us-money-and-well-remove-drm-from-your-music?skyline=true&s=x > > <http://consumerist.com/5125362/apple-give-us-money-and-well-remove-drm-from-your-music?skyline=true&s=x> > > >> But I don't know...I don't buy DRM-laden downloads, so I never have to > >> worry about it. > > > > But a lot of people do, or used to before they learned the > limitations. There > > are (illegal in the US) apps that remove the DRM, but this is a > concern with > > streaming aac from an iTunes library. > > Actually, you can just burn the DRM tracks to CD, then rip that CD to > get DRM-free tracks, but that's a lot of hassle. > > DRM sucks...it has burned so many people so many times that I just > don't understand why people put up with it.
They don`t! THAT`s why Apple has had to bite the bullet and offer DRM-free. It was limiting their market as so many people said `no` and bought elsewhere. -- Tony Cooke also contactable at [email protected] How do I love thee? My accumulator overflows.
