EMI goes DRM-Free!
April 2, 2007
Wow, the DRM camp just took a huge hit and Apple is finally putting their money where their mouth is:
“…EMI Music is launching DRM-free superior quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire and that Apple’s iTunes Store will be the first online music store to sell EMI’s new downloads.”
I’m really excited about this 
as it’s a win for us, the consumers. DRM has only complicated life for legitimate customers who may have purchased music thinking it would play on their portable player, and then learned it wouldn’t. It’s often been said that the only people who are kept in check by DRM are legitimate consumers, who legally purchase their music. Pirates are ALWAYS going to find ways around the technology, just search your favorite bittorrent site and look for the cracked video files, etc.
This is exciting news and I’m hopeful that the other major labels will soon follow suit! Here’s the EMI press release.
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