News - EMI dumping DRM?

[matgb]

EMI dumps DRM on iTunes. Is the glacier moving?

Only on iTunes, but DRM free is good regardless.

ETA: Not just on iTunes. EMI Press Release:

From today, EMI's retailers will be offered downloads of tracks and albums in the DRM-free audio format of their choice in a variety of bit rates up to CD quality. EMI is releasing the premium downloads in response to consumer demand for high fidelity digital music for use on home music systems, mobile phones and digital music players. EMI's new DRM-free products will enable full interoperability of digital music across all devices and platforms.

Comments

[dainul.livejournal.com]

What gets me about this is the blatant bullshit PR-speech that Apple was giving at the same conference. But certaily, a reduction of DRM is a good thing.

[matgb]

PR is PR. I liked the bit from EMI that said they'd "always argued" that increased availability was the only way to defeat piracy. yeah, right...

[mapp.livejournal.com]

I find it more believable that EMI pressured Apple into supporting no-DRM on their MP3s (the whole "it's more profitable for Apple to have DRM than not thing...")