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Blockbuster has announced a partnership with once-dominant Tivo to distribute videos via Tivo's established service. Blockbuster has been looking for an edge against arguably the biggest giant in the mail-distributed video arena - Netflix. Netflix already offers video downloads and some on-demand video to XBox 360's as well as to Roku boxes and some Blu-Ray players. Blockbuster's deal is the
Digital Rights Management (DRM)is a tool that doesn't reflect the general preference of legal music downloaders. Before you read on, hoping that I will advocate for the free distribution of music, let me warn you: I'm a strong supporter of copyright and the protection of intellectual property; I want artists and distributors to make a decent living, but I'm frustrated by the current misuse of digital technology that attempts to thwart illegal distribution. In practice, DRM makes creates compatibility problems that make it excessively difficult, and in most cases, impossible, to listen to music that has been purchased online.