EMI Unveils Plan to Sell Non-DRM Downloads For $1.29

EMI has announced that it plans to sell a large portion of their music catalog without Digital Rights Management (DRM). While this concept has been batted about in recent months, no major label has made such a committment. The non-DRM downloads will sell for $1.29 on iTunes, the industry leading online music store. EMI held a press conference and made the big announcement with Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO who in an open letter to the...

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The Secret Is Out: The RIAA Quickly Retreats From Opposition

What’s becoming more and more apparent is that the Emperor Has No Clothes. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) brokers in fear. Maybe they knew right from the get-go that their lawsuits against illegal file sharing didn’t hold water, and if they instituted a climate of paranoia, then their settlement conversion rates would rise dramatically. For the most part, this strategy has worked. Even their lawsuit...

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