“EMI and Apple have confirmed that the record company’s catalogue will be available on iTunes unencumbered by DRM. More unexpectedly, for an extra 20 pence per track on the current 79 pence price in the UK, and 30 cents on the 99 cents US cost, there’ll be the chance to download AAC tracks encoded at 256Kbps, twice the current rating of 128Kbps. Users with existing EMI libraries will be able to upgrade if they pay the extra.”
I hope that my prediction is correct and the rest of the RIAA will, begrudgingly, follow suit. If not DRM is going to kill the music industry. At least, it appears, the EMI has realized this.
Now, if we can just get the RIAA to stop extorting their customers with lawsuits I can start buying their member’s music again.
Full Story @ The Register
