Record Companies To Trail Non DRM MP3

[GhostShip]

This seems a logical move  for the recording industry if it wants to head off Apple.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Record_Industry_Slowly_Embraces_MP3/1165424924

The tune seems to be changing ever so slowly at some record labels when it comes to DRM. Both out of consumer demand and to some extent necessity, some have begun to offer digital downloads in the unprotected MP3 format.
Record labels have so far resisted offering popular artists in the format, citing piracy concerns. But with the iPod and its closed DRM ecosystem becoming ever more prevalent, industry executives are looking for ways to continue the growth of digital music.

The market does need some help - for the last two quarters digital music sales have stalled, even dropping from the first quarter of the year. This is the first time that has happened since 2003, when Apple first debuted the iTunes Music Store.
What has resulted is a debate among music executives, with those who still support using DRM butting heads with those who see MP3 as a way to expand the nascent market.

There is of course more to this article , follow the link folks.

[KM]

...as they should have done from the start

[GhostShip]

Indeed, it seems the recording industry is staffed by morons who cant see higher than the next line of cocaine, but thats another story