Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Itunes to be DRM-free

And about damned time. Record companies need to realize that the music landscape has changed and that all the time and money spent fighting against that new landscape would be better spent finding ways to make it work for them.

I download a bunch of music, usually samples from small labels used to generate buzz for new signings or albums. I don't spend much money downloading music. I enjoy sharing the music I find with others and since most of the time I can't do that on Itunes, I rarely bother with the site. Getting rid of DRM is likely to squeeze more than a couple of bucks out of me and I doubt I am alone.

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