The last few weeks we’ve seen more and more indications for that the music industry is starting to reevaluate its view on the DRM technology. DRM and copyrighted music hasn’t been the success that the industry hoped and several countries have been attacking Apple’s iTunes DRM system. When Steve Jobs finally urged the industry to skip DRM there weren’t that many companies interested in listening, except EMI Group PLC. EMI has now announced that it will be selling its music without DRM through the iTunes Music Store.
It will not only remove the DRM but also improve the quality of the songs. According to the press release it will actually be twice that of the current offerings from the iTMS. The price of the songs will be $1.29/€1.29/£0.99 for the improved quality songs, $0.99/€0.99/£0.79 for songs with regular sound quality. People who have bought DRM-protected music from EMI can upgrade them to the better quality version for $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track.
