Wal-Mart Ditches DRM, Keeps Censorship

Smiley Face writes "Wal-Mart has hopped on the DRM-free bandwagon with today's announcement that it will be participating in Universal's DRM-free sales pilot. The quality looks good: 256Kbps MP3 for 94 cents apiece, but customers are likely to be turned off by the retail chain's continued censorship. 'It's a bit hard to believe that all the customers who shop at the world's largest retailer want censored versions of music, though, but that's what they get. Only edited versions of albums with parental advisories are available, just as they are in Wal-Mart's offline stores. This isn't a new policy; Wal-Mart's online music store has carried only edited versions for years, but it's worth pointing out to potential new users tempted by the lower prices and lack of DRM.'"

Suggested headline:

[Spy der Mann]

"Wal-Mart ditches some crap, keeps other crap."
From the 'its-crap-anyways' dept.

WTF?

[gEvil (beta)]

What the frig? WalMart can keep their shouty censored DRM-free mp3s! I'm taking my flippin business elsewhere...

Download once

[Anonymous Coward]

Upload thousands of times.

The way the internet is meant to be.

Re:Is is disclosed?

[oyenstikker]

I do find it a little silly that they worry about "bad" words but sell alcohol, tobacco, and guns. Beer is bad? Game hunting with guns is bad? I won't be shopping at your store.

Re:edited only...

[the_fat_kid]

my favarite is when Snoop Dogg says that he "laces up my all blue Chucks"
MTV censored the word "blue"

so, from now on try not to use the colors Blue (crips), Red (bloods), or White (latin kings)

oh, wait that's the colors of my national flag.

weak.

Re:Is is disclosed?

[commodoresloat]

Beer is bad? Game hunting with guns is bad?

yes, but game hunting with beer is good! just ask Dick Cheney!!

Re:US Labor Law

[Anonymous Coward]

"Quebec is technically in Canada"

Yessss.... more's the pity....

It is my only dream in life now, to see Quebec kicked out of confederation once and for all ...