And iPod users aren't off the hook either: when playing tracks protected by Apple's FairPlay DRM, CNET found that iPod battery life declined by 8%.

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Suspicions seem to be that the FairPlay DRM is at the root, but until we have official word from Apple we'll refrain from laying the blame at its feet.

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Granted, Google didn't seem to have many options: Apple, by far the dominant player in online digital-media sales, doesn't currently license its Fairplay DRM, and Microsoft is one of Google's biggest competitors.

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In an open letter last February, Apple Chief Executive SteveJobsSteve Jobs argued that licensing its FairPlay technology to others would limit its ability to keep its DRM scheme secure.

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In an open letter last February, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs argued that licensing its FairPlay technology to others would limit its ability to keep its DRM scheme secure.

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One feature you're not getting with this unit -- besides the inability to record OTA programming -- is DRM support, so if you want to load up your PlaysForSure- or FairPlay-protected tracks, you'll need to strip out the copy protection with one of those handy pieces of software first (not that we'd ever encourage that sort of behavior, of course).

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