Sony BMG Set To Sell Downloads Without DRM

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead! Sony BMG Music Entertainment is reportedly set to sell downloads without Digital Rights Management (DRM). The last major label holdout will offer at least part of its catalog without copyright protection some time this winter. Sony BMG would become the last of the top four music labels to drop DRM, following Warner Music Group (WMG), which in late December said it would sell DRM-free songs through...

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Apple Facing Frivolous Monopoly Class-Action Suit

A class-action suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges Apple unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to monopolize the online music industry. The suit was filed Dec. 31 by Stacie Somers, a resident of San Diego County, California, who bought a 30GB iPod from Target, a retail store. Others who bought an iPod or content from Apple’s iTunes store...

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