If you would like to know exactly how the Sony DRM software worked, you may find the following paper quite interesting:

http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/pub/sonydrm-ext.pdf

It's an academic paper, but if you're someone who likes to understand the bits, bytes, and causes behind these things, it's a very thorough coverage of the entire topic.

DRM may sound like a subject that is only important for the big labels, but the truth is, as we indies sell music through digital music services, it affects us as well. I know that my band's music has been sold with DRM restrictions. And, in fact, one person lost his rights to our music when he left Napster and complained about it in his blog. (We sent him new DRM-Free copies ourselves.)

-Randy from Beatnik Turtle

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See the The Indie Band Survival Guide : Everything we've learned so far.


See the The Indie Band Survival Guide : Everything we've learned so far.