Instead of posting each piece of relevant DRM news I am going to sum up the week (if there is enough activity) or the month in one post. This seems to be a happy medium in presenting you with DRM news. And now onto the news.
1. Norway’s Liberal Party Wants to Ban DRM
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I chose an interesting time to be out of town. The last 3-4 weeks have brought many changes, announcements and opinions to the DRM battle.
On Monday Apple and EMI announced that EMI’s entire catalog will be made available DRM-Free at 256 kbps AAC and users who previously downloaded lower quality formats can upgrade for 30 […]

One of the biggest obstacles for those seeking DRM free downloads is the lack of downloads for major artists. While not everyone listens to popular music a majority of the downloads on the web are from these popular artists and it is obvious that the major music conglomerates are going to cater to the majority. […]

Some of the first signs of DRM free music by a major music company have appeared in France. Universal France has quietly confirmed that a live album by Emilie Simon called L’Olympia is in fact DRM free. The president of Universal’s France, Middle East and Mediterranean-South America divisions Pascal Negre was the one to make […]

A very interesting article has shown up over at MediaLoper.com detailing some of the events that seem to signal the decline of DRM music. They list specific instances where the attitude and content on many of the major online download sites like iTunes and Amazon has started to change or is in the process of […]

There is an interesting article from The Christian Science Monitor that discusses the idea of users sacrificing quality for portability. Found on Slashdot.com.
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The CEO from EMI has made some interesting comments regarding the state of CD’s. CEO Alain Levy was quoted as saying “The CD as it is right now is dead” and goes on to state that “You’re not going to offer your mother-in-law iTunes downloads for Christmas,” he said. “But we have to be much […]