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Will DRM die now?

By Adam Myers ⋅ August 10, 2007 ⋅ Tags: , ,

Abandoning ship. Universal pulls the plug. But holds onto chord.

Universal has announced that it is abandoning the practice of embedding digital rights management (DRM) software in its music.

In a limited trial Universal will strip out the DRM from music sold via some retailers, including Google, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com. Music sold on iTunes will still have DRM embedded however.

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