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Originally Posted by cowtown
On top of that, Amazon is beta testing (or maybe it's in release now) it's DRM-FREE download service. You can buy Dark Side of the Moon for $8. Or you can buy the songs for $0.50-$2 each. Different from iTunes, with its copy protection. The concept of the "album" is dead. So the record labels don't get $18 for that one good song on the disc any more.
Not a moment too soon, like Thom says.
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iTunes sells DRM free music - from EMI. Apple/Jobs would prefer to sell all music DRM free, but the other biggies won't allow it. EMI is also a DRM free seller on Amazon. Universal is selling DRM free on Amazon as well, but not on iTunes! There is some bad blood between Apple and Universal. It is my opinion that Apple really does want to sell DRM free music and the big labels don't want Apple having so much power. I thinks the toothpaste is already out of the tube for the big labels . . .
There are some caveats to Amazon's DRM free service as well, as most DRM free stuff via big vendors like Apple and Amazon (digital watermarks and such). I do believe these big vendors are all helping to overthrow the big record companies though and I welcome it as well.
Best,
Kurt