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I’ve had a few rants on this blog about why DRM-protected consumer goods (i.e. music and video) are A Bad Thing (e.g. here<\/a> and here<\/a>) but this comic from xkcd.com really makes a good point (which Walmart customers will appreciate – even if the company did later decide to keep the DRM servers running<\/a>, how long can they be expected to do so for?):<\/p>\n

\"Steal<\/a><\/p>\n

(This comic is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"7digital\"For UK downloaders looking for DRM-free music, I recommend 7digital<\/a> (but have no affiliation with them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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