Living a DRM free life

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Living a DRM free life

by Grant Robertson Jul 27th 2007

It's no secret that we have a big hate on for DRM in all its myriad forms. Did you know you can live a practically DRM free existence with only a little extra effort? It's true.

Joel Durham writes for Extreme Tech, "I probably have about 250 albums on my Zune. Four, or maybe five, are infected with digital rights management (DRM), the usage-limiting, anti-piracy crap that the music industry foists upon lovers of digital music. All of my DRM-free music was purchased legally, and as far as I know I use it without violating any of the incomprehensible usage laws."

His article, "Living the DRM free life" shows how you can do it too. It's not without effort, and you'll need to find a place to store all those antiquated CDs you'll accumulate, but if you're as serious about your DRM hate as we are, it's all worth the time.

Tags: anti DRM, AntiDrm, DRM

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Laydros said 10:23AM on 7-27-2007

I was one of the first people I knew to have mp3's on their computer, but now I'm one of the last people I know who still has all of their CD's. I really like that if I loose my mp3 collection, I have a great backup, its just an inconvenience to rip every thing again, not a loss. And of course I don't have to worry about DRM, and I'm still a pretty big geek about the packaging, which is now as good as it has been since the 70's because they want to sell CD's.

Laydros said 10:23AM on 7-27-2007

And one other point.. I recently got a free subscription to Napster for a year. I thought it was great until the first time I went to the gym and it said all my music had expired. I think if I remove the memory card, touch another computer, or wait then it expires. Thats stupid, and just not worth it.

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