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Napster That.

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Hmmm, here are my thoughts on Digital Rights Management.

I remember back when Napster was the ‘cool’ and ‘underground’ segue into ripped CD black markets.  It was no doubt a criminal offense, but the abuse was too white collar of a crime for people to feel any remorse.  Come on, everyone has either accepted, given, or made mixed CDs that were full of free downloaded music from sites like Napster.  But the reality is, how realistic is it to police digital rights management?

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Written by Annie

September 13th, 2008 at 7:26 pm