CNET News Daily Podcast: Behind Apple's holdout on DRM
More than 18 months have passed since Apple signed its only deal to acquire music free of copy-protection software with a major recording company. But that logjam may be about to break.
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Charles Cooper was an executive editor at CNET News. He has covered technology and business for more than 25 years, working at CBSNews.com, the Associated Press, Computer & Software News, Computer Shopper, PC Week, and ZDNet.
Apple continues to wrap the vast majority of major-label music in Fairplay, the company's proprietary digital rights management software, at a time when its major competitors have already signed DRM-free deals with all the big players. In an open letter, CNET News' Greg Sandoval suggests a different tack.
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