____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 14 February 2008 08:33 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Legal, major label DRM-free MP3s hit UK (at last)
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Play.com said the average price per track will be 70 pence. Album bundles
>>| are charged at £6.99.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/13/play_uk_drm_free/
>
> The price is beginning to drop to something sensible. Since the quality
> of MP3 tracks is a mere fraction of that of CDs, though, the price of
> the album should probably be lower than this.
>
>>
>> Interesting:
>>
>> Armed police swoop on MP3-packing mechanic
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| An innocent Stoke-on-Trent garage mechanic enjoyed a spell in the cells
>>| after armed cops held him at gunpoint having mistaken his MP3 player for a
>>| pistol, the Daily Mail reports.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/13/mp3_gun_swoop/
>>
>> Maybe he didn't license MP3 format from trolls with intellectual monopolies.
>> Or... He should have used an "Ogg player", not an "MP3 Player". Why don't
>> they just call it an "audio player" anyway?
>>
>
> How could anyone confuse an MP3 player with a weapon? The only thing
> MP3 takes on is DRM!
Have you not seen the tazer that it also a portable music player? Several
sites, including El Reg, showed some pictures. The invention itself was
bizarre.
Wallet? Check. Keys? Check. Gadget+weapon? Check.
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