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How “Dirty” MP3 Files Are A Back Door Into Cloud DRM (tech cruncy ^ | 04.06.10 | Michael Arrington)

"All the big music sellers may have moved to non-DRM MP3 files long ago, but the watermarking of files with your personal information continues. Most users who buy music don’t know about the marking of files, or don’t care. Unless those files are uploaded to BitTorrent or other P2P networks, there isn’t much to worry about. A list of which music services are selling clean MP3 files without embedded personal information, and which aren’t, is here. Apple, LaLa (owned by Apple) and Walmart embed personal information. Amazon, Napster and the rest have resisted label pressure to do so. ..."

18 posted on 04/08/2010 12:47:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (VP Biden on Obamacare's passage: "This is a big f-ing deal". grumpygresh: "Repeal the f-ing deal")
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so somebody invents a scrubbing tool.


49 posted on 04/08/2010 4:20:08 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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