The online music store 7digital.com has been available to UK customers for a while, but has recently opened up to a wider market (Norwegian article).
This is great news, and the kind of step necessary to provide those of us willing to pay for the music we download, a way to do so. I’ve already filled my basket with several albums I haven’t been able to buy in DRM free formats earlier, and I am sure the list will continue to grow the coming weeks.
It’s just a matter of paying to become one, or becoming one for free. I just love today’s xkcd comic and had to share it.
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I was going to destroy my Spore box because of the horrible DRM it was protected with.
Today I was out helping my friend Gjermund tearing down a wall in his house. Great fun! 
I also brough my Spore box with me and borrowed his sledge hammer! Here’s the result, which will be sent to EA Norway this week, together with a note expressing my deep love for their DRM protection.
