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EMI to Free Its Music?

February 9, 2007 |

Maybe Steve Jobs did create the discussion in the music industry that he was looking for. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, EMI is talking to retailers to sell MP3s without DRM restrictions. The report, of course, is heavily based upon non-disclosed sources and there are no official acknowledgments or denials, but I think the general course is set.

After the original reponse from the music industry was less than lukewarm, it seems they have finally come to their senses. Paidcontent even thinks this might be “the most interesting week in digital music since Apple opened its online store.” They also point to the rumors that an Apple Event is planned for the end of the month, possibly announcing the availability of the Beatles catalog iTunes - and the Beatles are signed to EMI. Imagine the Beatles without DRM…

(as a sidenote: maybe its just me, but I really couldn’t care less if the Beatles are on iTunes or not. The market for Beatles music must be pretty saturated at this point and it’s the generation that still buys CDs that’s most likely to buy a Beatles CD and the least likely to buy it online anyway)

As many others, the fact that eMusic sells its catalog without DRM is why I subscribe to it and have never bought a song of iTunes.

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