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Gateway to Ship PCs with Pre-Installed DRM Music Files

Posted by michael on from the yay-restricted-music-everyone-cheer dept.

Captain Chad writes "News.com has an article about Gateway's decision to bundle Pressplay's music service with its PCs. Of interest is the fact that 2000 popular songs will come pre-installed, helping reduce download time for those of us with modems." I wonder how much Pressplay is paying for this privilege. All sorts of interesting legal wrinkles here: you're buying a computer which contains data that you cannot legally access.

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  1. What's a modem? by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "...helping reduce download time for those of us with modems."

    What's a modem?

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  2. Other pay to use preinstalls? by nanop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So how long before they preinstall encrypted pr0n on machines using a similar system?

  3. Re:All the "popular" songs right? by operagost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Speak for yourself, I work for a pornhaus, you inconsiderate clod!

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