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...
UK Album Sales Dive 10% In 2007
According to trade group BPI, album sales in the United Kingdom dropped 10 percent last year. The continued spiral down demonstrates that the record industry is far from pulling out of the freefall that has plagued the music business over the last several years. BPI withheld specific sales figures over the last year, but the dire news should be reflected in the US figures that are expected to be released shortly. In fact, between...






