Any such thing as a digital free lunch?

Jun 6th, 2003 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Interesting commentary from the Progress & Freedom Foundation on the effect of iTunes on piracy. Their basic argument: if iTunes is sellings songs at the right price point, then the *need* to pirate songs will diminish, marginalizing swappers. Meanwhile if you want to run an iTunes-style service from your own site for free, visit our friends at PayLoadz.

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