All 4 music labels DRM free
Within a year of Steve Jobs open letter titled ‘Thoughts on Music‘ all 4 music labels have dropped some or all DRM from there digital library.
EMI was the first to sell DRM free music in Apple’s iTunes music store soon followed by Vivendi’s Universal. And last December Warner Music Group made the decision to drop DRM. Now Sony BMG as the last one of the 4 major music labels will sell part of its music library without DRM.
This is a great victory for us, the consumer. Now we’re no longer bound to one brand or device.
A passage out of the open letter from Steve Jobs ‘Thoughts on Music‘.
The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat. If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store. Every iPod ever made will play this DRM-free music.Steve we’re almost there.
January 4th, 2008 - Posted in Apple, Music | | 0 Comments
