Napster Will Only Sell MP3 Downloads Starting This Spring

Napster has disclosed that it will only sell digital downloads in the MP3 format starting in the second quarter of 2008. The announcement, the latest blow to copy protection, comes on the heels of Sony BMG’s decision last week to allow MP3 sales of its catalog. Napster utilized Microsoft’s Windows-based digital rights management (DRM) for copy protection. Napster claims it has 750,000 subscribers who use both its music...

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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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