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Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon

Posted by Soulskill on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

SirLurksAlot sends us to Ars Technica for an article about the Warner Music Group's decision to allow DRM-free music downloads through Amazon. This reversal of Warner's former position has been underway for some time, and it boosts the number of DRM-free songs available from Amazon to 2.9 million. Quoting: "Warner's announcement says nothing about offering its content through other services such as iTunes, and represents the music industry's attempt to make life a bit more difficult for Apple after all the years in which the company held the keys to music's digital kingdom.

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  1. Re:That's good news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    DRM is bad. What a courageous stand to take here on Slashdot. We all admire your bravery in making such a controversial statement.
  2. Re:Not about DRM by roc97007 · · Score: 2, Funny
    > This isn't about record companies deciding DRM is bad. It is about making sure Apple doesn't control the distribution of digital media.

    So, where's the downside?

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  3. Re:Not about DRM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is like in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex jumped in to fight the Raptors. Who wins? The people.

  4. Re:Can't argue with Amazon by coldcell · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only real complaint is that the album downloader (that allows you to get the album discount) only runs on Windows & MacOS.

    I disagree, there are plenty of bittorrent clients for Linux as well.

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  5. Re:Prediction by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    I hope you like low/middle wage factory jobs, because without IP America will have to return to a manufacturing economy.

    Manufacturing? No chance. China has that sewn up. Do away with the music, movies and microcode, and America's left with only the high-speed pizza delivery industry.

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  6. Re:Can't argue with Amazon by palegray.net · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess there are some RIAA types that frequent Slashdot nowadays. Oh, those folks have been trolling Slashdot for years now... all the major labels have an "ideology neutralization response unit" comprised of pale thin men in bad suits, hunkering over keyboards for days on end, just waiting for dangerous /. posts.

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