Good news folks, yet another of the 4 big media giants have decided to give the consumer what they want at last.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7162280.stm Warner Music Group is making its music available for US downloads from Amazon in MP3 format without copy protection.
Warner had been holding out against using the format because MP3 tracks are easier to share between users and may be freely burned onto CDs
Sony BMG is now the only major recording group not signed up with Amazon.com's download service, which is only available to US customers at present.
"By removing a barrier to the sale and enjoyment of audio downloads, we bring an energy-sapping debate to a close," Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman said in an e-mail to Warner employees.
Whilst its disappointing that this covers only the US its encouraging that they are "testing the waters" so to speak.
Offering restrictive formats and anti consumer features should have been a no-go from day one, intead greed and monopoly led the media giants to try to force their unsavoury products alongside what the consumer sought to legitimately obtain, offering this newer format without the malware is something to be applauded, the sun could be rising at last in New York.
