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Knowledge@Wharton July 2, 2003	Online Music Wings its Way to the Celestial Jukebox In a celestial jukebox, instead of downloading songs to a computer hard drive or burning them onto a CD, listeners log onto a site that streams the music directly to their computers for immediate listening. It's like having your own all-request FM channel.
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PC World June 2004	Wal-Mart Does MP3s Wal-Mart's music downloads are cheaper than those from ITunes.
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PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Bill Machrone	If I Told You, I'd Have to . . . It's illegal to talk about how to circumvent copy protection. In your home, in your car, anywhere. Get the picture?
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