Ever since Steve Jobs called on the music labels to remove DRM from their digital music sales, the labels have been seeing the light and falling in line. Though it hasn't been amazing for the iTunes Music Store so far (cross your fingers for Macworld!), Amazon has greatly benefited from it, now receiving the entire Warner music catalog DRM-free. Warner Music Group representative said, "We believe that giving consumers the assurance that the music they purchase can be played on any device they own will only encourage more sales of music." Glad to see they're finally getting the picture! Warner's catalog combined with EMI's (in March) and Universal's (in August) catalogs, now puts the Amazon's store's repertoire at a total of 2.9 million DRM-free tracks. Not too shabby at all. Problem is, and this is probably due to the music labels, Amazon's DRM-free store is only available in the United States. When will they understand that these kinds of tactics only hurt those who actually purchase their music and not those who wish to pirate? And while I'm at it, I'll just add that Canada isn't a nation of pirates. I'll refer you to Michael Geist's little video for that argument. But then again, Amazon's store may just be a test shop. Here's hopin' there's more good news in the coming year...DRM on its Death Bed: Warner Finally Caves!
Ever since Steve Jobs called on the music labels to remove DRM from their digital music sales, the labels have been seeing the light and falling in line. Though it hasn't been amazing for the iTunes Music Store so far (cross your fingers for Macworld!), Amazon has greatly benefited from it, now receiving the entire Warner music catalog DRM-free. Warner Music Group representative said, "We believe that giving consumers the assurance that the music they purchase can be played on any device they own will only encourage more sales of music." Glad to see they're finally getting the picture! Warner's catalog combined with EMI's (in March) and Universal's (in August) catalogs, now puts the Amazon's store's repertoire at a total of 2.9 million DRM-free tracks. Not too shabby at all. Problem is, and this is probably due to the music labels, Amazon's DRM-free store is only available in the United States. When will they understand that these kinds of tactics only hurt those who actually purchase their music and not those who wish to pirate? And while I'm at it, I'll just add that Canada isn't a nation of pirates. I'll refer you to Michael Geist's little video for that argument. But then again, Amazon's store may just be a test shop. Here's hopin' there's more good news in the coming year...
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