[geeks] Wal-Mart

Nick B. nick at pelagiris.org
Mon Dec 3 21:43:52 CST 2007


Again, no huge suprise, DRM is *EXPENSIVE* for all involved, which should piss
walmart off no end.  They are not doing it to help the customer, they are doing
it to push prices down.
	Nick
On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:39:04PM -0500, Robert Brooke Gravitt wrote:
> "The two biggest drivers pushing Warner and Sony BMG toward MP3 are an  
> upcoming massive Amazon-Pepsi download giveaway and a positive move by  
> the usually maligned Wal-Mart (according to sources):"...Wal-Mart  
> [alerted] Warner Music Group and Sony BMG that it will pull their  
> music files in the Windows Media Audio format from walmart.com some  
> time between mid-December and mid-January, if the labels haven't yet  
> provided the music in MP3 format."



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