Puretracks Music Store Drops DRM

khendron writes "The Canadian online music store Puretracks (a store I have generally avoided because of their Microsoft-specific solutions) has announced that it will immediately start selling part of its catalog as DRM-free MP3 files. The site's unprotected catalog, which includes artists such as The Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan, will initially feature only 50,000 of its 1.3 million tracks, but their number will grow weekly. The Globe and Mail says the move will likely profit Puretracks because its DRM-free-music will be playable on iPods. It quotes one industry watcher saying 'We're seeing the death of DRM.'" Essentially Puretracks is relaxing the major-label mandated DRM rules that it had initially applied to all labels, even the indies that wanted no part of DRM.

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Re:Time to put your money where your mouth is

[MightyYar]

What is lame is that you have allowed yourself to buy into the ridiculous notion that there is any moral basis to copyright law.

If the politicians decided that auto theft was no longer illegal, would it still be immoral to steal someone's car? Of course it would be.

If the politicians decided to disband copyright law, would it still be immoral to copy a song? Of course not.

See how it is "wrong" to steal a car because it is immoral? See how it is not immoral to copy a song?

Unless your personal morality is based on laws, in which case I think you need to re-examine you value system.