Ah, finally some common sense in the copyright discussion from one of the "goliaths." Quote from an EMI Music news bit which discusses a move away from the customer-pestering curse that goes by the euphemism "Digital Rights Management" (my emphasis):
EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli today hosted a press conference at EMI"s headquarters in London where he announced that EMI Music is launching DRM-free superior quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire and that Apple"s iTunes Store will be the first online music store to sell EMI"s new downloads. Nicoli was joined by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. (...)
Nicoli added: "Protecting the intellectual property of EMI and our artists is as im ...
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