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Warner Music France ditches DRM


January 07, 2009 A day after the announcement of iTunes abandoning DRM with all the majors, Warner Music France unveiled its DRM-free offering with download stores FnacMusic and VirginMega. The development is linked with the Creation and Internet law currently in adoption process in France, which should include the obligation for record labels to eventually drop DRM. FnacMusic and VirginMega are the online arms of French leading bricks and mortar music retailers Fnac and Virgin Stores.

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