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Universal Music Group has plans to sell DRM free music until January as a test to see how good the consumer demand is. That is really good news, except they have chosen to not use iTunes which sounds strange as iTunes is currently the largest online music store. The New York Times is reporting that the decision to not include iTunes could be part of a push to give iTunes some increased competition. The decision from Universal Music to sell DRM free comes after EMI has seen success. EMI currently has DRM free tracks available in iTunes for $1.29 with DRM tracks at $.99. Universal plans to sell at least some of their tracks at $.99.

Competition is generally a good thing for the consumer, so we cannot really complain about that. Hopefully Universal Music will see enough of a demand for DRM free music during their test and decide to continue. With or without Universal Music selling DRM free in iTunes its still nice to see more DRM free music becoming available.

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