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EMI floating the idea of DRM free music?

Posted in News by Dan at 4:33 pm
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EMI (The Rolling Stones Label) is rumored to be courting online music resellers (and direct competitors to iTunes) to float the idea of DRM free music.

If EMI strikes such deals, it would become the first major music company to embrace a burgeoning effort to expand the digital marketplace by removing restrictions on the ways consumers can listen to music they purchase online.

Seems that Steve Jobs open letter may have opened the door for a very real discussion of the benefits and pitfalls of DRM free music.

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