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How unobservant am I? It took \nan article from The Register\nto make me realize that this new Apple music store does indeed\nuse DRM to lock up purchased music. The files aren't mine. (Though, whoopie, I'm \nallowed to use them on up to 3 computers.)\nCrap. No thanks. I guess\nthat 10% of the catalog doesn't look quite so attractive at a buck-a-song now.

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I mean, I've already destroyed one computer \nwith a tumbler of water, why would\nI want to lose all my music with the next one I douse? And what happens in 10\nyears or so, when I want to listen to all those hypothetical Talking Heads\ntunes I bought? Of course, I'm still listening to CDs and tapes I acquired back\nin junior high, and I don't need to query anyone's permission to do so.

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I hereby bestow this award to the Apple Music Store:

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\r\nI mean, I've already destroyed one computer \r\nwith a tumbler of water, why would\r\nI want to lose all my music with the next one I douse? And what happens in 10\r\nyears or so, when I want to listen to all those hypothetical Talking Heads\r\ntunes I bought? Of course, I'm still listening to CDs and tapes I acquired back\r\nin junior high, and I don't need to query anyone's permission to do so.\r\n

\r\nI hereby bestow this award to the Apple Music Store:\r\n

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