Record Label Listened to Jobs: EMI decision to go DRM-free imminent
Steve Jobs has gone on record saying that Apple would gladly sell DRM-free music if the labels agree. If the reports are true, EMI is close to taking Jobs up on his offer, with an EMI spokesperson telling Reuters that the label is pleased with how its MP3 experiments have turned out. “The results have been positive,” said the spokesperson. “[The] lack of operability between a proliferating range of devices and hardware and the digital platforms for delivering music is more and more becoming an issue for music consumers and EMI has been engaging with our various partners to find a solution.
EMI, one of the big four Labels is in negotiations with some of the leading music stores to offer a substantial portion of its music catalog without DRM, with an announcement due as early as today. Under one scenario, music stores like Napster, Real Rhapsody, and others would fork over sizable advance payments in exchange for the right to sell music as unprotected MP3s. Another industry source reports that EMI was also discussing the possibility of selling MP3s on MySpace using SnoCap.
[Source Reuter Via Arstechnica]
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