EMI in talks to rid themselves of DRM

Posted February 10, 2007 at 01:02 AM by Doug Berger

Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Online Music/Video, Content

Earlier today, following Tuesday’s essay by Steve Jobs, it became public that EMI Group (one of the “Big Four” in the music industry) may be interested in freeing its entire library of music from digital-rights management - what’s better known as DRM.  It seems that music executives are speculating EMI will soon make the pluge into DRM-free downloads.  According to the New York Times, executives have stated EMI “has discussed various proposals to sell unprotected files through an array of digital retailers, including Apple, Microsoft, Real Networks and Yahoo…“

In the recent past, EMI has piolet-tested selling music without DRM, and apparently it’s worked out for them.

Read [New York Times] Via [Gizmodo]