I remember a couple months back when Apple first said it’d like to eliminate DRM in music; that they would be willing to take the first step and embrace DRM free music sales if the labels allowed it. Lots of people said they were bluffing, that it was only being said because the labels would never give in.
As of today iTunes is now selling DRM free music. All of the music managed by EMI is being sold DRM free, and at a higher bitrate. It isn’t all the music out there, but it’s a start, and we need to show that it’s a step in the right direction.
I know lots of people who have said they don’t want to pay for music because it’s laced with DRM or because it’s low quality. They’d be more than happy to pay for music if they didn’t have to worry about those. Guess what? They listened and what you want is here. Music with no DRM at basically CD quality (256 AAC format) is now available for purchase.
Time to put your money where your mouth is. Buying this DRM free music is the only way to show the RIAA that this is what we want and encourage the other labels to follow suit. I sure as hell intend to check and see if a track is DRM free on iTunes before I try to get it elsewhere from now on.
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