Sony Announces DRM-Free Music at Amazon

sehlat brings us a New York Times report that Sony has agreed to start selling DRM-free music from Amazon's MP3 store. This comes days after Sony revealed plans for physical MusicPass cards that would allow DRM-free access to a small portion of Sony's library. Now that all four major record labels are on board with Amazon, some are expecting Apple to make moves away from DRM as well. From the NYTimes: "Sony's partnership with Amazon.com also underscores the music industry's gathering effort to nurture an online rival to Apple, which has sold more than three billion songs through its iTunes store. Most music purchased on iTunes can be played only on Apple devices, and Apple insists on selling all single tracks for 99 cents. Amazon, which sells tracks for anywhere from 89 cents to over a dollar, offers the pricing variability the labels want."

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Re:DRM killed itself.

[NotZed]

Too bloody right:

Apple couldn't care less about DRM, and it is only on ITS because the labels required it. I wouldn't be surpised if Jobs announces that itunes is going DRM free next week.

You stupid, pitiful fucking Apple sycophant. Apple wants DRM, because Apple controls the software and hardware. The labels only THINK they want DRM, because they don't understand how technology works - and don't (or didn't until now) realize just what DRM really means (approved, authorized software and hardware).

Apple and Jobs have a massive hard-on for DRM/Trusted Computing...... just like Bill Gates and Microsoft.

If you can't see how stupidly obvious this is you need to think a bit harder. It goes even further for both - as a means of promoting their other hardware/software platforms.

You can't take anything the big-wigs of any of these companies say at face value (e.g. Steve Jobbies doesn't want DRM).