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by Setsuna 5757 days ago
>"slip that past the record labels"

What does this feature has to do with that?

/curious
2 comments
eli 5757 days ago
There's no technical reason to prevent people from getting music back off their devices. So the assumption is it was part of the DRM requirements that Steve Jobs claims the record labels forced him to accept.
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andreyf 5757 days ago
Either (a) there were legal changes in Apple's contracts with the record labels, or (b) they might get be sued for enabling this feature.
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