DRM-Free Music Spells Trouble

I say we’re on the road to ruin. It’s one panic after another, and with each new stopgap plan, the music industry–really the entire digital content industry–digs itself in deeper. Music lovers are dancing in the streets as one major music company, online music service and online retail outlet after another walks away from onerous digital rights management restrictions. They’ll sell you DRM-free music, as long as you accept lower audio quality. Bands like Radiohead and Coldplay are even letting consumers set their own prices.

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