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Musician Publishes Information on How to Break DRM on his own CD

By David Levine on

According to vnunet.com, a member of the band Switchfoot published information about how to bypass digital rights management (DRM) technology for their most recent CD, sold by Sony, which undoubtedly reserved DRM as a right.  While I have been unable to find what this bassist published, this type of reaction by a musician to the activities of his label probably does not hearken well for a follow-up album by Switchfoot on Sony (if they even want one).  Of course, if the CD makes money, then maybe . . .  but that would mean, among other things, not bypassing DRM and forcing repeated sales.  Ah, the confusion and anarchy of the modern music business.

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