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8th October 2007 - Link Blog

Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context. Fantastic presentation from Ian Rogers, the head of Yahoo! Music, who has spent 8 years watching DRM cripple the online music industry.

Posted 8th October 2007 at 9:10 pm

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