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Sony ditches DRM

Sony — which recently added MP3 support to its walkman devices — has abandoned publishing music on DRM-laden CDs. They say that it’s because of an “increase in awareness by music consumers,”

…they mean that their customers have grown aware of what abad [sic] deal these DRM discs are and don’t want them anymore. IOW, we complained loud and hard and Sony blinked.

Boing Boing: Sony ditches DRM CDs

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