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How DRM really works

The following testimony comes from someone who actually used iTunes and DRM the way it was intended. He purchased music through the system, obeyed all the laws, and did everything the way he was supposed to.

The record companies can be proud that they’ve so thoroughly screwed things up now that there really isn’t even any point in paying for music now. –Inspirational Technology: DRM sucks [via Simon Wilson]

This is what they expect us to do instead of "stealing music"? Why? So we can pay for our music over and over again and lose the flexibility and ease of use that we get when we by plain old CDs? Ha. Right. That’s like putting a giant cage around my library of books with a nice thick lock… and then giving "them" the key.