When Will The Other Major Labels Join EMI?

Now that one of the majors, EMI, has agreed to drop DRM from their music sold over the Internet, the question becomes if and when the rest of the major labels will follow suit.
I believe that it will be sooner rather than later, but others disagree.
Brian Garrity of Billboard writes,
“Sources at rival major labels are […]

Published by neal on April 3rd, 2007 | Comment now »

List of EMI Artists

In response to yesterday’s news that EMI would be making their entire catalog available DRM-free on iTunes, I was interested to find out what artists and bands would be coming available.
As you might expect, because EMI is based in London, the list is very Brit-centric.  Anyway, here are some of the notable names on the […]

Published by neal on April 3rd, 2007 | Comment now »

Apple EMI Deal

By now, almost everyone has heard the news that Apple and EMI have reached a deal to put EMI’s entire catalog on the iTunes Music Store DRM-free (DRM-free! I repeat, DRM-free!), so I will just say a few things about it.
The DRM-free downloads are priced higher at $1.29 instead of $.99, but are also of […]

Published by neal on April 2nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »