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“DRM Will Kill Mobile Music”

15 August 2005·37 words·1 min

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Daniel Andrlik

Daniel Andrlik lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. By day he manages product teams. The rest of the time he is a podcast host and producer, writer of speculative fiction, a rabid reader, and a programmer.

Go over and read this recent post on Boing Boing about how DRM is affecting attempts to advance mobile music. It is good stuff. You don’t want to make bunny cry do you?

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