From the Wall Street Journal
In a major reversal of the music industry's longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to announce Monday that it plans to sell significant amounts of its catalog without anticopying software, according to people familiar with the matter.
The London-based music company is to make its announcement in a press conference that will feature Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs. EMI is to sell songs without the software -- known as digital rights management, or DRM -- through Apple's iTunes Store and possibly through other online outlets, too.
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If they do this, it will be huge. And that will be a step in the direction that I hope all music outlets go to.
Apple, you just made me more of a fan!!!!
At least that will make it less of a hassle. All you have to do is burn it to CD and re-rip it. Now i'll appreciate it if Apple allows their format to be used on other devices like the Xbox 360. I like the mp4 codec (takes less space), but I can't stream to my 360 from my computer. And my ipod rarely leaves my car. (I love that Harman/Kardon Drive and Play).
Oh yeah, did everyone see that OS-X Wombat is set for release on June 11th.
Sorry...had to say it.
Like Nelson said, I pray this will have a ripple effect throuout the industry. SCREW Lars Ulrich!
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