Amazon Officially Announces DRM-Free Music Store

After much speculation, Amazon has officially announced that they will launch a digital music store later this year that will sell DRM-Free only songs. The online retailer stated that its music store will have “millions of songs” in the MP3 format from EMI. Amazon said that customers will be allowed to play purchased music on multiple devices, including their personal computers and iPods, as well as all other MP3 players....

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Warner Sues Imeem For Copyright Infringement

Warner Music Group (WMG) has filed a lawsuit against the social-networking web site Imeem, claiming the portal enables millions of computer users to share its artists’ music and video content without permission. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on behalf of several New York-based Warner Music Group subsidiaries, including Atlantic Recording Corp., Elektra Entertainment Group Inc., and Warner...

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