Fairfax DRMed eBooks

My buddy Phil Shapiro just posted an essay (and an accompanying soundtrack) about the decision of the Fairfax (VA) Public Libraries to buy audiobooks that are restricted to Windows Media Player — hence, no Macs, no Linux, and no iPods. As Phil points out, some affordable housing units in that region run Linux computer labs, so there’s a known community of library users being blacklisted here.

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