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Submission + - Puretracks music store drops DRM

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khendron

on Thursday February 22, 2007 @10:51AM

khendron writes: "The Canadian online music store Puretracks (a store I have generally avoided because of their Microsoft specific solutions) has announced that it will immediately start selling part of its catalog as DRM-free mp3 files. The site's unprotected catalog, which includes artists such as The Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan, will initially feature only 50,000 of its 1.3 million tracks, but will grow weekly.

More also from the Globe and Mail. If this endeavour is successful, maybe we will see the larger music labels jumping on board."

Comment Re:I was waiting for the twist in the story... (Score 3, Insightful) 725

by purves on Friday March 25, 2005 @11:07PM (#12051872) Attached to: Identity Theft Victim Gets Last Laugh

What worries me the most is that so many people were so cooperative in trying to find "the thief". You go to Denny's, show them a credit card, and they give you a description of the person who used the credit card? That's the scary part.

I think you have "thief" confused with thief. They really stole his money. And why wouldn't the people at Denny's help him? He has his credit card and ID to prove that he is who he says he is. If someone else used the same card number they obviously weren't supposed to.

That some kid stole a couple thousand dollars from Discover Card and some Visa merchant - so what? This guy acts like they were stealing the money from him.

If someone stole your car, would you say, "So what? They're only stealing from the insurance company."? A defrauded man, his credit card companies, restaurant & hotel employees, and the police come together to arrest two thieves and somehow this is a bad thing? This is the way things should work, people taking responsibility and looking after their own interests and those of others.

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