So, I know it's old news, but Amazon.com's decision to offer digital music sans copy protection has to be applauded. Personally, I feel that the industry should have worked out a deal similar to the one they worked out with the cassette tape makers a long time ago. And while I get that the Napster/digital music explosion caught the label heads off guard, the reactionary lashing out at consumers--clients, even--made for not only bad press, but bad business.
Speaking of which, iTunes seems to have fallen in line with the new copy protection-free downloads...as long as you download the new version of iTunes. There seems to be a catch, however; according to Christopher Breen of Macworld, there is a slight iPod compatibility problem with CDs ripped with protected songs.
Either way, digital music lovers win--by being able to pick and choose between the Amazon.com or the iTunes Store (both of which have formidable music libraries) and by finally being able to enjoy music without the ridiculous scourge that is and (soon to be) was copy protection.
As my buddy Craig would say (which I seem to be co-opting), "Huzzah!"
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