DRM-free has been mainstream since 2000, when Napster hit critical mass. Best of all, it's just DRM-free, it's free-free. The major label music industry is competing against free and convenient piracy. Selling DRM-free downloads might stem the tide temporarily, but eventually they're going to have to swallow the ad-rev share business model to stay in business. I write about it extensively here:
DRM-free has been mainstream since 2000, when Napster hit critical mass. Best of all, it's just DRM-free, it's free-free. The major label music industry is competing against free and convenient piracy. Selling DRM-free downloads might stem the tide temporarily, but eventually they're going to have to swallow the ad-rev share business model to stay in business. I write about it extensively here:
http://freshbreakfast.com/2007/08/21/how-giving-away-free-music-will-save-the-recording-industry/
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