Intuit Drops Digital Restrictions Management

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Subject: [d@DCC] Intuit said Wednesday that it has dropped product
activation and digital-rights-management ...
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:51:41 -0400
From: "tOM Trottier" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]

"Intuit said Wednesday that it has dropped product activation and
digital-rights-management software from almost all future products,
including paid copies of TurboTax, in response to a backlash from its
customers.  Adding digital-rights-management software to the company's tax
preparation neither paid off financially in attracting new customers, nor in
consumer satisfaction, Intuit spokesman Scott Gulbransen said.

"We're dropping (DRM) in all prepaid products -- that means any copy you
purchase at a retail store or direct from us," the spokesman said, referring
to sales over the Internet from Intuit's web site."

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