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Apple's DRM Whack-a-Mole

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch dept.

Mateo_LeFou writes "Gulf News has a nice piece exposing the last couple generations of Apple's DRM strategy (you didn't really think they were abandoning DRM, did you?). Article focuses on how quickly the tactics are worked around, and how nasty the latest one is: purchased iTunes now have your personal data in them. Author suspects that this is to prevent you uploading them to a network."

2 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong by Gothmog+of+A · · Score: 0, Troll

    Theft? I sure do hope you do not work in IT since you are clearly not able to grasp the difference between moving and copying an object.

  2. Re:Couldn't be more ranty, or wrong by Belacgod · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have nothing new to say concerning this issue, and neither do you.