Warp Records Reject DRM, Go Bleep

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday January 14, 2004 @05:47PM from the pushing-squares-of-sound dept.

DJ Phase writes "Warp Records, an independent label for electronic music (featuring artists such as Aphex Twin, Autechre, and Boards of Canada), has made their entire back catalog available thru Bleep, a new digital download service. Individual tracks are $1.35 for those of us in the USA, with EPs and full albums in the $4 to $10 price range. You can download Aphex Twin's rare, groundbreaking Hangable Auto Bulb EP for $4.29. To quote from the FAQ: 'We are at present the only store to offer very high quality MP3 files,' and 'Bleep music has no DRM or copy protection built in. We believe that most people like to be treated as customers and not potential criminals'."

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Maybe a problem for some... by photonagon · 2004-01-14 18:05 · Score: 0, Troll

...but I have been waiting to purchase music from Warp records online for quite a long time. With iTunes and other music services offering mainstream music, albeit DRM crippled, there are so many smaller independant labels that are not represented online.

So, not only is this a step in the right direction for anti-DRM music downloads, its a step in the right directions for getting smaller, lesser known labels distributing music online. I most certainly will be purchasing (its been awhile..hehe) music from this service.