"Signaling another departure from the music industry’s longtime antipiracy strategy, the Universal Music Group will sell a significant portion of its catalog without the customary copy protection software for at least the next few months, the company announced yesterday...."
Link: Universal Music Will Sell Songs Without Copy Protection - New York Times. and many other links
It looks like my predictions will indeed hold up: DRM in digital music will be toast by the end of this year. Good to see someone is finally waking up at the Major Record Labels.
In a nutshell, this is like the Berlin Wall Coming coming down. It took a loooooong time but when it happened it crumbled in a very short time, changing the landscape forever.
Has the EMI decision led to any increased sales of iTunes Plus songs compared to the restricted ones? Or is the "progress" just ideological?
I haven't heard any success stories yet, so I would love to hear if anyone else have.
Posted by: KL | August 11, 2007 at 09:02 PM
Great progress! I hope "the rest of 'em" will follow
Posted by: Ash | August 11, 2007 at 08:50 PM
Good news! The rest of the labels must follow or else they'll be left behind, however there is still just one problem.
"But the music will not be offered D.R.M.-free through Apple’s iTunes, the leading music service."
The Berlin Wall has been crushed, but still resists to fall.
Posted by: Daniel Suh | August 10, 2007 at 08:14 PM