DRM-free music downloads at last

Posted on 02. Apr, 2007 by Philip in Apple, Big Trousers News

It looks like EMI have come to the conclusion that Digital Rights management is getting in the way of their long term profitability. About time too I say.

From the Wall Street Journal

In a major break with the music industry’s longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to announce today that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software, according to people familiar with the matter.

The London music company is to make its announcement at a London news conference featuring Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs. EMI is to sell songs without the software — known as digital rights management — through Apple’s iTunes Store and possibly through other online outlets.