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Restrictions on digital musicWhat's happening? The potential for widespread, illegal copying has made record companies fear the Internet. What if everyone can effortlessly copy music and few people end up paying for it? To protect their business, many have imposed Digital Rights Management (DRM) on their releases. These technologies are designed to restrict or prevent copying, and are often called Digital Restrictions Management by opponents because they usually restrict legal uses of music as well. We are not aware of any case where DRM has prevented a release from becoming available on Peer to Peer (P2P) networks for illegal copying - in fact, downloads from these sources are usually compatible with all computers and music players. Unfortunately, those who pay for their music need to be more careful about where and how they make their purchases. DRM has caused people to lose access to their music when licencing services were closed down, and made life difficult for people when they buy a new computer or MP3 player. Recently, many record companies seem to have accepted that DRM makes life hard for people who pay for music, and many releases can be bought as unrestricted MP3s. Because UKMIX is dedicated to serious music fans - people who usually purchase and build large collections of music - we try to always show if a release has any restrictions. To try and prevent people from copying music and protect their revenue, record companies have imposed Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology on many of their releases. Opponents of these technologies believe thatAfter 2004 UKMIX will no longer support any version of Internet Explorer below version 6 (the current one). At some point in 2005 we'll refresh the design of UKMIX, and it will not be tested in Internet Explorer 4, 5 or 5.5. Just 6. If you try to view the site with an older IE version, you'll probably find problems with the layout, maybe errors too. |
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