Warner Music Group Drops DRM for Amazon

SirLurksAlot sends us to Ars Technica for an article about the Warner Music Group's decision to allow DRM-free music downloads through Amazon. This reversal of Warner's former position has been underway for some time, and it boosts the number of DRM-free songs available from Amazon to 2.9 million. Quoting: "Warner's announcement says nothing about offering its content through other services such as iTunes, and represents the music industry's attempt to make life a bit more difficult for Apple after all the years in which the company held the keys to music's digital kingdom.

Re:That's good news.

[Anonymous Coward]

DRM is bad.

What a courageous stand to take here on Slashdot. We all admire your bravery in making such a controversial statement.

Re:Not about DRM

[roc97007]

> This isn't about record companies deciding DRM is bad. It is about making sure Apple doesn't control the distribution of digital media.

So, where's the downside?

Re:Not about DRM

[Anonymous Coward]

This is like in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex jumped in to fight the Raptors. Who wins? The people.

Re:Can't argue with Amazon

[coldcell]

Only real complaint is that the album downloader (that allows you to get the album discount) only runs on Windows & MacOS.

I disagree, there are plenty of bittorrent clients for Linux as well.

Re:Prediction

[meringuoid]

I hope you like low/middle wage factory jobs, because without IP America will have to return to a manufacturing economy.

Manufacturing? No chance. China has that sewn up. Do away with the music, movies and microcode, and America's left with only the high-speed pizza delivery industry.

Re:Can't argue with Amazon

[palegray.net]

I guess there are some RIAA types that frequent Slashdot nowadays.

Oh, those folks have been trolling Slashdot for years now... all the major labels have an "ideology neutralization response unit" comprised of pale thin men in bad suits, hunkering over keyboards for days on end, just waiting for dangerous /. posts.