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Music Industry Forcing WMA standard?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the why-doesn't-this-surprise-me dept.

CtrlPhreak writes "Cnet news.com has a story up stating that the music industry is considering having cds that contain the un-rippable tracks as well as the windows media formatted files with limited uses ala Microsoft's digital rights management. Just one more brick in Microsoft's continuing monopoly..." And another format that I can't play back. Hope this one dies fast.

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  1. Who'da thunk it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Computer users show themselves unwilling and unable to comply with existing copyright laws, is it really any big surprise that the copyright holders would find a surer method of protecting their IP?

    Information only 'wants' to be free insofar as its creator wants it to be free.