Warner and Sony join the MP3 bandwagon Following in the footsteps of EMI and Universal

DRM Done In

Warner and Sony join the MP3 bandwagon Following in the footsteps of EMI and Universal, both Warner Music Group and Sony announced in January their plans to remove digital rights management from the music they sell online, thus making it possible for consumers to listen to the songs they purchase on any device. This marks a radical shift for the Big Four
music labels, which had staunchly insisted that DRM was critical to the survival of the music business. No doubt the change of heart was due in part to consumers’ outrage at paying
for music hobbled by copy protection, but the labels also now stand united against the Apple iTunes monolith. All four are offering  their open format MP3s via Amazon’s digital music store.


Sony artist
Justin
Timberlake is
bringing sexy
back—and now
it comes
sans DRM!