One Step Closer - DRM
It was announced recently that Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, would join EMI at a press conference in London today (2/4/07). Rumours were flying around the blogosphere. Would this be DRM? Would this be the Beatles in iTunes? Would this be this? Would this be that?
The majority were correct. EMI has announced that they would be selling their music DRM Free. This has got be some of the biggest news for the digital music industry in a while. Also, a big step forward for DRM-Free world.
EMI went on to explain that their complete music catalog would be in the iTunes store in may - completely DRM-Free and at a higher quality.
I really think this is a huge leap forward for both the Music Industry and for Apple and I hope that many more companies announce plans to drop the DRM from their own tracks. As for Apple, this is huge news. If more companies decide to drop the DRM from their music then more people will shop in the iTunes store. Some may say that less people would be buying the iPod but I'm sure if this were to become the case then they'd be making far more from the rocketing sales figures of iTunes. Many people may prefer other portable music players to the iPod however love the iTunes store - This announcement is the start of dream come true.
