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Amazon on how to get by DRM

Thursday, September 20, 2007 by Dave Winer.

Amazon: "Many of our customers have already discovered that one cheap way to get DRM-free MP3s is to buy them on CD and rip them themselves." Permalink to this paragraph

Here's a screen shotPermalink to this paragraph

It's common-sense advice, but still somewhat remarkable that they're addressing the issue of DRM right there on the home page. It could be that I'm seeing it and you're not (possibly because I just bought a Linux hand-held computer from Nokia). It's hard to tell.  Permalink to this paragraph

Here's their guide to ripping CDs. Permalink to this paragraph



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