It's over. The last major label to hold out on selling DRM-free MP3s, Sony BMG, is "finalizing plans" to sell music not locked down with DRM.
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kjakobsen
34 weeks 4 days 9 hours 27 min ago
Too early to celebrate!...
Maybe we are close to have liberated the Music, but what about movies?. They are far worse DRM'ed than music has ever been.. :(
kiba
34 weeks 3 days 10 hours 24 min ago
In time, DRM will disappear
In time, DRM will disappear because they are ineffective at building business.
Far from protecting the business of big record companies, it may actually harm them as other entities take advantage of the fact that DRM foster an inherently inferior products for consumers.