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		Like Amazon's DRM-free Music Downloads? Thank Apple. (wired.com)
		5 points by karzeem on Sept 26, 2007 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

jazzdev on Sept 26, 2007 [–]

Did Jobs know he was forcing the music companies to abandon DRM by refusing to license FairPlay? Or was it just a happy accident?

kf on Sept 26, 2007 | [–]

I don't think Steve Jobs does a whole lot by accident and if he did he would probably take credit for it anyways.

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