Amazon Goes DRM-Free

Amazon has announced that they will start selling DRM-free songs in a digital music store launching later this year. The store will carry millions of songs from 12,000 records labels, including the big label, EMI. In fact, EMI is the only big music label to be for DRM-free music, having recently announced DRM-free music at Apple iTunes store. The rest of the major music labels have been fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their tunes copyright-protected. So I say that we, the consumers, speak our minds with our pocketbooks, since money is the only language the labels seem to speak. To support EMI’s DRM-free artists, shop EMI only, when purchasing from major labels. From this long list of popular EMI artists, there’s certainly at least one or two you’ll enjoy. You can support the artists while also supporting the fight to end copyright protection forever. Fair use has a posse!