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Yahoo sells RIAA music as MP3 with no DRM
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mduell
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Jul 20, 2006, 09:25 PM
 
Just one song for now (Jessica Simpson - A Public Affair), but Yahoo Music's statement on their blog is very interesting to me:
Our position is simple: DRM doesn’t add any value for the artist, label (who are selling DRM-free music every day — the Compact Disc), or consumer, the only people it adds value to are the technology companies who are interested in locking consumers to a particular technology platform.
Thank you Yahoo, for noticing that consumers don't like crippled products.

They're on point for the first time in the last decade.
     
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Jul 20, 2006, 10:46 PM
 
Meh. One song, and by Jessica Simpson.

Basically, they're just using this DRM-free status as free advertising.
     
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Jul 20, 2006, 10:59 PM
 
I agree with them on DRM, but this ain't happening.
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Jul 21, 2006, 12:05 AM
 
whoa yahoo revolutionizing? i guess they have their backs against the wall in the race vs google
     
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Jul 21, 2006, 12:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by blackstar
whoa yahoo revolutionizing? i guess they have their backs against the wall in the race vs google
And they lost about $10.4b in shareholder value today.
     
   
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