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Amazon MP3 Store Legitimizes DoubleTwist Darknet

ReadWriteWeb  Oct 07 09

The blogosphere is abuzz with news of doubleTwist music community's latest iTunes-esque music store release. While many continue to weigh in on the merits of the Amazon MP3-powered store, we shouldn't lose sight of what this actually represents. The Amazon partnership legitimizes and monetizes a startup company that is still arguably a darknet file sharing service.

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Hacker "DVD Jon" Lech Johansen launched doubleTwist in 2008 to circumvent restrictive DRM and provide multi-device compatibility. Often when media player companies strive for "device compatibility" they are already compatible with most major devices and are simply looking to sync with the iPhone. Full story...



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