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Google Turns to the Dark Side?

6 Jan 2006
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I’m sure many people by now have read about Google deciding to implement their own version of DRM software. For those not even aware of what DRM even is, it officially stands for Digital Rights Management. But really, it stands for Digital Restrictions Management. Companies that use this (music from Apple’s iTunes Music Store, many [...]

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