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Shooting yourself in the foot

30th October 2003

Kimbro Staken on DRM: The record companies can be proud that they’ve so thoroughly screwed things up that there really isn’t even any point in paying for music now.

Posted 30th October 2003 at 4:49 am · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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